I thought the daily devotional reading for today fit well with the theme of this blog, and I hope to make it a regular effort to blog along with the daily devotionals. Pastor Dave did a great job exploring this passage yesterday. This whole passage speaks to the life we are called to as a saved people. I find it so very interesting how holiness is tied to transformation.
When we are given a new birth by God, we become resident aliens in this world. As resident aliens, we are different, with a set of values and goals that go far beyond the world we live in. It wholly captures the idea that we are not just saved, but we are being saved right now. We are in the process of becoming more like Christ until His return, when we will see our salvation completed. But what does that mean on a practical level? It means we change in every area of our lives, but it all starts in the mind.
One verse that really stuck out to me in this passage was 2:10, "Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." I feel like God is telling me that I am different. If I am different, then others can be different, too! How can I help others become what I am in the process of becoming?
Have you ever looked back on the past three or four years and thought about how you have changed? I do that so often, and I am amazed at the change that has happened in my life. I am so thankful for that change. To see where I was five years ago and to look at who I am now is drastically different. It amazes me to know that the Holy Spirit has been moving so mightily in me. What's He doing in your life?
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