Sharing Life and 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.  Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 If I had a dollar for every time I became downcast when considering who I am (or who I’m not), I might give Bill Gates a run for his money as richest man in the universe.  Everything about our culture screams that we are to bemoan our situation, our lack of status, our inability to keep up with the Joneses.  And our flesh consents and agrees with our culture.  Not to mention that prowling lion just looking to devour unsuspecting humans who will stop at nothing to tarnish our self-perception.  The odds are certainly against us in our pursuit of a healthy self identity…or are they?   For those of us who have received...