Day 2.1: You called me yours- forever

" So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation - if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." 

1 Peter 2:1-5

Last week during the church retreat, I made a commitment to start reading the bible once again from cover to cover. For about a year now, I have stopped reading the bible regularly and have realised the consequence of that - an inadequacy in knowing God, not knowing God in His fullness.

I remembered reading something a few weeks ago; that experiencing God directly is likened to going for a holiday to a certain destination and experiencing the joy of being there, yet because of our limitations, we will never truly know what's out there unless we read travel guides written by different ones who have gone to different places. Similarly, the bible is so rich with the nature and character of God, and filled with so many people's experiences with the living God, the infinite God, that starting to read the bible from cover to cover is a good start to know God.

It's not mere coincidence I guess, that this sentence stood out from the chosen passage. I believe this season of life is getting back to the basics; to know God through His word, so that I can be one of the living stones being built up for the spiritual house of God.
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