Monday, March 29, 2010

Mon.'s Devo - Eternally Chosen

Read 1 Pet. 1:1-12
Peter is writing to the scattered "strangers". In the next verse he calls them the "elect" which means "select; favorite; chosen". What an honor to be God's favorite. That is us!!! He goes on to say we have been given new birth with an expectation and confidence of faith because Jesus rose from the grave. We have been saved to an undecaying inheritance that is eternally ours. We have been kept by the Holy Spirit and preserved until we will be disclosed at the end of time.
Right now we are in a season of temptations and trials but these trials are worth more than any worldly gold or possession. And our fiery trials will be our praise and our gift to Jesus when he comes back. Our faith is not in what we can see with our eyes but what we believe. When it is all over we will rejoice with great joy and praise.
This salvation that we take for granted was something the prophets of the Old Testament received some revelation about but it was still a mystery they tried to comprehend. They prophesied of Christ's death (Is. 53) and his coming in glory. They knew that what they were seeing was not for them but for us. This mystery of Jesus was hidden even from the angels. Why did God have to hide these things? I think it is because he did not want the enemy to steal his plans. That is why he still hides things like the mysteries in Revelation. He crypts things. If we realize these things we will realize that he still speaks cryptically to us like dreams, numbers on the alarm clock, nature, news, etc.
Lord, help us to gratefully receive what you have given us so freely. Open to us the mysteries of your ways and the way you speak to us.

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