1 Peter chapter 2

In 1 Peter chapter 1 we saw that once Christ personally reveals Himself to us, we love Him, believe in Him, and are filled with His inexpressible joy.  This magnified faith is not dependent on us visually seeing Him or on the fact that the circumstances of our life are free from suffering or trials.  1 Peter chapter 2 tells us that once Christ is revealed to us we are called to grow in our Salvation.  We become hungry and thirsty to know more about God, our faith, and God’s Word.  We feed on the Word of God and feed on God’s truths and His promises.  Our learning and spiritual growth is cumulative.  We never want to stop growing and learning because “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).  First, we feed on the milk of the Word.  When we are able to understand the basics of our faith we move on to being able to digest more and more of God’s deeper concepts. We can eat solid food and feast on the meat of the Word.  The more we taste and see that God is good, the more our lives change.   We are able to rid ourselves of evil behaviors because we want to please and obey our loving God.  We are chosen.  When we are called out of darkness others see the obvious changes in us.  God’s goodness is seen in us and His light is reflected through us. 

There is order in the world; in God’s creation.  We submit to God’s authority and obey the rules of the world which we live in.  As citizens under a government and as employees in the service of employers, we respect leaders and those in authority.  Life is not always fair and sometimes we must endure unjust suffering.  Christ suffered for us.  He is our Shepherd and the overseer of our souls.  He died for us.  At the cross He set us free and “by His stripes (wounds) we are healed”(1 Peter 2:24) and (Isaiah 53:5).  I am free and I have received the free gift of faith.  This gift is by God’s Grace alone, not by anything I have done.  I believe and receive Christ’s many promises for my husband, my family, and for myself.  Christ will be Glorified in our lives because of His blood and our testimonies.  I praise Him, worship Him, and thank Him for all that He has planned and is doing in each of our lives.  God inhabits the praise of His people and calls us to always live in an attitude of thanksgiving.