Worship for Today: God blesses us as his people!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Deuteronomy 33:29,

"Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the
Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your
enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high
places."

This blessing for Israel was spoken by Moses just prior to his death.
Within this blessing Moses recognizes the wonderful things that belong
to those who are the people of God. As such, I cannot help but think
of the blessings that are ours as the people who belong to Jesus
Christ.

"You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called
you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a
people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received
mercy, but now you have received mercy." 1 Peter 2:9-10. Peter reminds
us that we are the people of God. In the first chapter of this letter
he tells us of our blessings as such, "Praise be to the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or
fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's
power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed
in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These
have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which
perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may
result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not
see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible
and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the
salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:3-9.

What a blessing is this!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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