Chosen

I was thinking in the last couple of weeks about "a peculiar people." We have our own modern images associated with the word peculiar. It is a word in modern vernacular that is close to weird. I do not believe God calls us to be weird, but He does want to be different.

Anyway, I looked up the scripture I Peter 2:9, which led me to Exodus 19:5, where these phrases appeared first. They were to Israel. "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation."

In my Bible, Dake's notes on the side make reference to the Greek word peripoiesis for "a peculiar people" and mentions something purchased. Peripoiesis means "a possession, a preservation, and obtaining." I got this information from here: http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4047

Since I am adopted into God's family, I feel that these words apply to me. I have been purchased. I have been chosen. I am preserved. I am a possession. I am an obtaining. My favorite: I am peculiar treasure! WOW! I cannot fathom why He loves me so, but I am thankful that He does.