These days saying the words “a chosen race” does not bring up positive feelings for most people. In fact, the idea that one race of people is any better than any other race has been the cause of countless acts of violence, riots, oppression, murder, not to mention all out war. But the truth of the Bible is that God did have a “chosen race” and that was Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites. God chose the Jews out of all the people that ever existed on the face of the earth to be His royal priesthood, His people called by His name. But God’s intention for this chosen race was not to rule the other nations. It was not about supremacy. It was not about power or superiority or being on the top of any list. Being God’s chosen race simply meant that He intended to reveal Himself in a special way to those people so that they in turn could bless the rest of us with what they learned about God. And from that race would come the salvation the entire world needs. Well, that Salvation did come from God’s chosen race. Jesus was born into the world as a Jew. And His sacrifice gave us all the chance to enter into God’s new chosen people. As a follower of Jesus, I am God’s child, a member of His royal priesthood. But again, this does not mean that I am somehow better than anyone else in any way! It means God has given me the opportunity serve Him: to spread the Good News about Him, to shine His light into the darkness around me, and to bless people who don’t yet know Him by doing good and representing Him to them with love.
Dear God,
Thank you for allowing me to enter into your “chosen race” through Jesus’s sacrifice. I know the fear, pride, and hatred that exist among your children make you very sad. Teach me what I can do today to shine your light into dark places, to speak the Good News about your love, and to humbly serve as one of your chosen people.
CamDevo 