1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
When diving into this verse, there is a really great analogy to help us understand why we are treasured.
A museum may be filled with quite ordinary things: hats, canes, shoes, and so forth; but they may be significant because they once belonged to someone famous. God takes ordinary people; and because He works in them, they are special.
In God’s museum of life we are his treasures.
We are treasured not by what we can do or by who we are, but are treasured because of whose we are.
And to finish off the verse, because we are treasured, his special possession, may we declare praises of him for he called us out of our darkness and into his light.
You are treasured
so shine for him
and declare his glory.