Last week we talked a little about not being from around here. I feel it’s important for us to understand who we are if we are to understand what our purpose in life is. It’s been said “how can we know where we are going if we don’t know where we have been.” 1 Peter 2:9-12
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Let’s start at the bottom and work our way up. Verse 11 shows us that we are here on a visa’s, a temporary status. We are simply pilgrims and strangers in a foreign land. This verse also tells us that we should abstain or stay away from and do not indulge in the customs of this world (fleshly lust).
Verse 10 tells us that once before we were disconnected from the Father through sin but now, through the sacrifice of Jesus we are redeemed and now gain access to the Father. So because of His mercy we become His people.
Verse 9 tells us that we are chosen, selected, of royal decent, a holy nation, different from that of this world. We should forever have praise on our lips for He who has shown grace and mercy on us.
Grab and go: If you didn't get any of that, understand this: if you ever find yourself being different from the majority, not fitting in or in that awkward position, know that it’s supposed to be that way. However uncomfortable it may feel, it only feels that way because you’re a stranger and a pilgrim.
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