Revelation 5:9-10. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
There is a saying that the people of faith are “so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.” This song (while heavenly) reminds us that Christ’s sacrifice is all about earth – and specifically about the creation of a multi-cultural, multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-national priesthood to serve God’s purposes on earth together. What do you picture yourself doing as part of that priesthood on earth? What does your priestly role suggest about how you relate to the diverse members within God’s ‘kin-dom’?
Prayer: Christ Jesus, you hung upon a cross and died for us so that we might live for you. Your body was broken and your blood shed so that we might be healed and made whole. You were faithful unto death so that we might be faithful unto life. Your last command was that we might love one another: one family together from every tribe and nation, a new creation united through your sacrifice, redeemed by your blood, healed by your love, united by your covenant of peace. In your death may we find life. Amen. – Christine Sine, posted on her website, Godspace.
Tongue on Fire 