Proclaim praises of Him

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”

I Peter 2 : 9-10 (New King James Version)


Wow ! We who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour , we who obey His word – We are a chosen generation ! We are a royal priesthood ! We are a holy nation ! We are His own special people .

Isn’t that amazing ! We are His own special people ! The King of kings and the Lord of lords has us as His own special people !!

Do you know what we are to do as His special people ?

Proclaim praises of Him ! Telling the world how awesome it is to have Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives. That we were once in darkness but He called us into His marvelous light.
Are we doing that ?

Proclaim praises of Him ! Telling the world how once we were not a people but now we are the people of God , telling people we who had not obtained mercy now have obtained mercy .

Oh how good it is to serve such a wonderful loving God … He is our Lord , our Father , our best friend ! What a joy it is to just be able to praise Him !

Are we proclaiming praises of Him ?

Some of us take a neutral approach and we just say yes God is good. Do we tell people yes Jesus Christ is amazing ? To so many of us God has opened doors to share what the Lord has done. But we don’t use it . Instead we say ‘Oh… I will pray for them in my house….’

If we would just submit ourselves and pray ‘Lord use me’ you wont believe how God will work ! God has used a sticker on my bike , a verse on my desk … my job ,.. to open doors to share His word ! Our God is so amazing . He doesn’t need us… but yet by His grace and mercy He has chosen us to do His will. With what reverence should we be sharing the joy of the Lord !

Couple of years ago when I was in New York , I took a bus as always to get to work . And as the bus stopped at some stop , this lady with worn out clothes who was sitting somewhere at the back of the bus, walked by me and thrust a paper into my hand and got off the bus. And I opened my hand to find this old , a little crushed gospel tract and I wondered “Lord what is this all about ? Why would this lady give this to me … “ The tract was about the gift of salvation and I remembered the lady did not have anything else with her … It was not like she was passing out tracts or anything… this was the only one she had and from the looks of it , it seemed like it was her personal one. As I reached office I continued to pray and then the Lord opened my eyes to see what I was to do with that tract. The Lord led me to order copies of the tract and send it to my church in India. And I did that. I have no idea to whom the tracts were distributed and what was the result of it. But I do know the Lord had a purpose and I know it was fulfilled.

Isn’t our Lord just so amazing ! He will use us in ways we cannot even begin to imagine. What our Lord desires is obedience . And He will lead us and show us what is to be done.

Are we willing to proclaim praises of Him ? God might ask you to talk to a stranger , to share a book , to send out a mail , to pray ,…. His ways are beyond our comprehension. The important question is this … Are you willing to come out of your comfort zone for Him ?

God Bless