(1Pe 1:1-2)
Aliens: temporary residents; foreign; refugees
This is what we are but is this how we live? Or, have we been assimilated, poisoned so thoroughly that we minimize and marginalize our true citizenship? What do we desire most? Is it to live as His chosen and sanctified (set-apart) or as a citizen of this world in good standing? Do we covet and pursue what the world has to offer or do we seek His Kingdom and His righteousness? Do we strive to be at home here or do we work at a holy dissatisfaction of our lives here in view of the promise of heaven?
That we are aliens is but a fact but is it one that we intentionally pursue is all our decisions and choices? Living as an alien is not something that will just happen. It is something we must choose and with determination seek. We must decide daily where our loyalty lies and pray for the strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit to walk in it.
We are aliens by virtue of His choosing us and sanctifying us. It is an act of God that is full and final. We must choose to live out that chosenness and sanctification by the power of the Holy Spirit.
We cannot afford to drift along on the current of our culture. We can not afford to compromise our great privilege and promise. To do so is to live lives that sully the name of our Savior and brings derision to the name of our God.
We must pray for a greater sensitivity to the convicting power of the Spirit in our daily lives. We must pray that whatever scales have brought insensitivity to our conscience will be stripped away. we must pray for a holy dissatisfaction with the ways and goal and aspirations of this world and see them as the traps they are.
This is how grace and peace can truly be ours in fullest measure,
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