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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
1 Peter 2:1-12
A child coming into the world soon needs to be fed. That is why the Word of God, having given life (1 Peter 1:23) also provides what is needed to maintain life. It is the complete food for the soul, "the sincere milk" of which Christ is the substance. Once we have tasted that the Lord is good we can no longer do without that divine nourishment (v. 3; Psalms 34:8).
Following on from the living seed (and the living hope of ch. 1), here we find living stones. They are built up together upon the One who is the chief corner stone, precious both to God and to us who believe (v. 7), to form a spiritual house (see Ephesians 2:20-22). The Lord had told Simon Bar-jona that he too was one of those stones (Matthew 16:18). Such privileges however also carry corresponding responsibilities. If we are a holy priesthood, it is to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God. If we are a peculiar people (a people for a possession), we are to show forth His praise (Isaiah 43:21).
Having been called "out of darkness into his marvellous light", can we allow fleshly lusts a place in our minds? Just one look is enough to set them off – and they war against the soul (v. 11).
