As he wrote this, he desperately believed he would die if God didn’t intervene and save him. This Psalm was written by King David when he was on the run for his life from Saul. Keep me as the apple of your eye hide me in the shadow of your wings.” “Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. You are called out of darkness and into the marvelous light of His love friend. We then choose whether or not to accept His invitation. There are billions and billions of people that have been created and He both knows us as a whole and individually He has chosen you and me and your neighbor and the person who just cut you off in traffic to be part of His Kingdom. He has chosen us, but we are the ones that decide to step forward and live for Jesus. He has called us out of the darkness and if we are in Christ, we have responded to that call. He has called us a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession. I love this verse because it reminds me of exactly who God has called me to be in Christ. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.“ Just as Israel was in captivity for decades, we may be in a time of struggle for what feels like forever, but know God has not left you, nor is your pain without purpose. He is good and faithful and promises to rescue us. No matter what you have done, He knows you and loves you so deeply. God has loved you with an everlasting, unchanging, unfailing love. This verse is very straight forward but it is so important for us to get a hold of: you are SO loved. God, in His goodness and omnipotence, knew that we would be reading these Scriptures in light of the salvation offered through Jesus and they are absolutely applicable to us. In Christ, we are now part of God’s chosen nation. This verse is from a book of prophecy and like most Old Testament prophecies, the person is speaking to the nation of Israel. I have loved you with an everlasting love therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” In Him, we have the power to work toward healing and overcoming temptations we used to yield to. When we are in Christ, the old things of our lives have been washed away: our old habits, our old sins, and our old mistakes. The old version of us has passed away and a new version of us is being remade. Once we have confessed our sins and asked Jesus to come into our hearts, we are redeemed. The old has passed away behold, the new has come. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Christ offers such full, abundant life if we will accept the forgiveness He offers and confess our hearts to Him. You do not have to walk in shame and bondage and sin anymore friend. If that is you, friend, know that there is such freedom to be found in giving your sins, mistakes, and blunders over to Christ. I spent many years believing that what I had done could never be forgiven and that I was not worthy of the love and forgiveness that Christ offered. I don’t know about you, but I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. If we will accept our redemption and confess our mistakes, we will be cleansed. We do not have to be defined or bound by our past mistakes. No matter what we’ve done, or what mistakes we’ve made, he is faithful to forgive us if we will confess our sins to Him. There is such incredible promise in this verse. ” If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You simply need to receive it and believe it. Redemption is not something you have to work for or earn you don’t have to be good enough for this gift. Your redemption is a free gift and it has paid your bill in full. This verse calls gold and silver “perishable” in comparison to the blood of Christ. This verse shows us that God sent something so much more valuable than the most expensive, most highly valued item on this earth. I hope you see how adored and worthy of this God says that you are a friend. We have been purchased at the highest price. This verse shows us that we are redeemed our souls have been bought and paid for by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. “Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
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