There are eight billion people on the earth. Count 365 days in a year, every year. We can buy similar automobiles the world over; and smart phones, is it even possible to tell one from another?
What makes us distinct? Is it in having the latest hairstyle? An outgoing personality? Or an extraordinary sartorial style?
We want to stand out, to be different, special. We want the world to notice us. How can we, one person out of eight billion, become something other than ordinary?
Revelation 21:4 assures us that God singles us out from the crowd and pays attention to everyone.
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
1 John 4:18 proclaims love as our first step in finding our distinction from everyone around us.
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
1 Peter 2:9 showcases the believer as special, far and above those who do not follow Christ.
“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.”
Romans 12:2 reveals how to join in the elite of the redeemed.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Acts 2:38 gives us one more step that will assure our place with Christ.
“And Peter said to them, ‘Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’ ”
We can choose to be one of eight billion, to live each of our 365 days a year as ordinary people, even drive a car like everyone else’s. Or we can choose Christ and become one of the redeemed. We can find our way out of the ordinary through salvation in our Lord.
If we know Christ, we’re no longer as we were. We’re redeemed, and there’s nothing more special than that.
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