1 PETER 1:22

You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. (NLT)

TO PONDER

It’s no secret amongst the LifeWay team that I struggle with writing these Daily Verse posts (just ask Pastor Mat) because I tend to overthink things. I worry about the theology, the context held within the verse, and then finding the introductory thought to be used in communicating the idea I feel needs to be taken away after reading.

But eventually, often after at least one panicked chat with Pastor Mat, I finally am released from my self-imposed, tunnel-vision, writer’s-block and this is my introductory thought.

Today’s verse is a reminder for us to obey the truth of grace. While Peter is talking about living as “God’s obedient children” (V.14), and that we “must be holy because I (God) am holy” he talks about the reason we are his children and the reason we are holy; GRACE! We are adopted into God’s family because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and our holiness is through the holiness of Jesus.

But then he reminds us once again that the truth of grace is we don’t walk alone, God demonstrates his grace to us and we then demonstrate that grace to others by showing sincere love to each other.

Sometimes we need our church family to help us exit the self-imposed, tunnel-vision we trap ourselves in. Remember pick up the phone, reach out to others when you notice they are struggling, this is the truth of grace.

Obey the truth of grace.

PRAYER: Mighty God, I thank you for showing me your unfathomable grace time and time again, I ask you to help me demonstrate your grace to everyone around me. Amen.

Today's devotion written (struggled) by Danny Brock, LifeWay Westside