Finding Who We Are
Robert Dawson
1 Peter 2:4-10
One evening last week Kristal, Jordan and I were playing the old boardgame ‘‘Trouble.’’ It’s the one with the plastic gameboard that has the bubble with the one die in the middle. You mash the bubble, and it bounces the die all around and it lands on a number between 1 and 6. To move from the start position onto the game board, you have to get a six on the die.
Well, I went an entire game, which involves a lot of bubble mashing and die popping, without rolling a single 6. It was maddening. Kristal and Jordan are smashing the bubble and 6s are popping up as if they had trained the die. Not only did I go an entire game without a six, but I also almost went two games without rolling a 6. In 2 games I rolled two 6s. (That is one reason, among many, Kristal will never let me go to Vegas)!
By the time we finished the second game I was thoroughly frustrated and did what any mature Christian husband and father would do...I flipped the game board, scattering the pieces and left the room. When I came back, Kristal and Jordan were playing a different game, a two-player game. I have no idea why.
They were playing the children’s game ‘‘Guess Who.’’ It’s the one where you try to figure out what character your opponent is by asking questions like; Are you a boy? Are you a girl? Do you have glasses? Do you have hair? Are you wearing a hat? The answers provide clues that help you by process of elimination discover the other person’s identity. Whoever guesses the other player’s identity first wins the game.
Here in chapter 2, Peter gives us some clues to help us discover our identity as believers because when it comes to living out our faith, if we are going to win, which means walking in holiness, growing in Christlikeness, and persevering through all the challenges to our faith that life places in front of us, whether suffering, like that of Job who we’ve been studying in Sunday School, or suffering in connection wit ...
Robert Dawson
1 Peter 2:4-10
One evening last week Kristal, Jordan and I were playing the old boardgame ‘‘Trouble.’’ It’s the one with the plastic gameboard that has the bubble with the one die in the middle. You mash the bubble, and it bounces the die all around and it lands on a number between 1 and 6. To move from the start position onto the game board, you have to get a six on the die.
Well, I went an entire game, which involves a lot of bubble mashing and die popping, without rolling a single 6. It was maddening. Kristal and Jordan are smashing the bubble and 6s are popping up as if they had trained the die. Not only did I go an entire game without a six, but I also almost went two games without rolling a 6. In 2 games I rolled two 6s. (That is one reason, among many, Kristal will never let me go to Vegas)!
By the time we finished the second game I was thoroughly frustrated and did what any mature Christian husband and father would do...I flipped the game board, scattering the pieces and left the room. When I came back, Kristal and Jordan were playing a different game, a two-player game. I have no idea why.
They were playing the children’s game ‘‘Guess Who.’’ It’s the one where you try to figure out what character your opponent is by asking questions like; Are you a boy? Are you a girl? Do you have glasses? Do you have hair? Are you wearing a hat? The answers provide clues that help you by process of elimination discover the other person’s identity. Whoever guesses the other player’s identity first wins the game.
Here in chapter 2, Peter gives us some clues to help us discover our identity as believers because when it comes to living out our faith, if we are going to win, which means walking in holiness, growing in Christlikeness, and persevering through all the challenges to our faith that life places in front of us, whether suffering, like that of Job who we’ve been studying in Sunday School, or suffering in connection wit ...
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