“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6).
CALLED OUT
Moses explained to the children of Israel that they were a people chosen to serve the Lord. Called out by him from among the darkness of the nations for his possession, to serve his kingdom of light and work in his vineyard producing good fruit.
Peter, in the New Testament, takes us further explaining that those with faith in God through Jesus Christ our Lord are called out by him: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet 2:9).
Peter was a Jew by birth but he knew that “not all who are descended from Israel are Israel” (Rom 9:6).
We must come with faith, without faith we cannot please God. But if we have faith we are called out from this world, a world that loves to live by what is seen. Those with faith in Christ look at those things that are unseen, for everything we see around us was made by him who is unseen.
“The people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith” (Rom 9:31–32).
So God is preparing a people for himself and we “Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham” (Gal 3:7).
We are God’s people, we belong to him, we serve him and do his will and his work.
“The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise” (Isa 43:21).
Yes, we praise the Lord with all our hearts, we have been called out to do so. Praising God is a good thing, there are enough people around who use God’s name in profanity, but we are happy to say “Praise God” when we are talking in general conversation. We are exceedingly glad for what the Lord has done for us, we are pleased to praise his holy name whenever we have an opportunity to do so.
Isaiah saw the seraphim who were above the throne of God, they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory” (Isa 6:3).
John saw the four living creatures calling out “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come” (Rev 4:8).
So it is good for us human beings to take our place in the great scheme of God’s design and be the people that he has called out for himself. Praise the Lord.