Walking With Christ

1 Peter 2:9 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.(ESV)

Looking around me, I see a lot of things that were reformed by the hands of man. I see lamps, chairs, walls, and a lot of other evidence that I have an odd method of choosing office supplies. Still, among that odd collection of office supplies, I find my favorite pen, favorite coffee mug, etc. and realize that this collection represents a small selection of a few of my favorite things. I chose these things to be close to me when I work. I chose them to be a part of my daily life in the office.

Mankind has the ability to reshape the world around us. We do not have the ability to create the world around us. That is reserved for the creator. When I look a bit closer and start to marvel and the one who created all of the stuff that we play with to make into all sorts of neat things, I get dumbfounded to think that the one who made all of this for us to play with also chose us. He made us. He chose us. Out of all of the things He created, He chose US. We are His prized possession.