Scripture Reading
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.
Reflection
Peter layers identity upon identity — chosen, royal, holy, possessed — and all of it leads toward a purpose: proclamation. We have been called out of darkness not merely for our own benefit but so that we might tell others about the light. Every believer is a priest, a kingdom-bearer, a witness. The marvelous light you have been brought into is not meant to be enjoyed privately but shared generously with a world still in darkness.
Prayer for Today
O Almighty and merciful God, who has commissioned your angels to guide and protect us, may they be our companions from our setting out until our return. Clothe us with their invisible protection; keep from us all danger of collision, of fire, of explosion, of falling; and finally,having preserved us from all evil, and especially from sin, guide us to our heavenly home. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Amen.