WARNING PREACHY…
1 Peter 2:4-5
“4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected
by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you
also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ.”
My
daughter came back from the playground frustrated, “we’re oddballs in this
place” she complained, granted, she’s 13 and she often reacts as though the
world is a horrible place and conspiring to specifically make her-alone suffer,
however I asked her what she meant.
She
explained that everyone on the playground claims to “believe” in Jesus and some
tell her that they go to church, but she claims that the way that they act and
speak indicate something different than what they are telling her. Let me reiterate, she’s 13 so when I point
out that her own actions often indicate that she means something other than
what she says as well – it never goes over well.
Each
of us can go around all day (and we often do) pointing out how somebody else has
a speck of dust in their eyeball while we avoid the planks in our own, but the
real question, I think, is are we priests of God being built together as a Holy
priesthood, or do we simply “believe in God”, go to church, and call it a day?
My
family and I struggle with this, and that makes me happy because when we stop
struggling I think we’ll have a real problem.
James 1:19
You believe that
there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
How
about you? Do you struggle to be a
priest or do you just believe in God?
According to St. Peter it matters.
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