My kind of people...

In the South we have a saying.."my kind of people". It's a way of saying that we have something in common with folks, or that we like to be around certain kinds of people. A more redneck way of saying it (heard often at NASCAR events) "them's my kind of people". (NOTE- I am not busting on NASCAR...I can share the NASCAR comment because I am "one of them people"...I confess my NASCAR fanhood.
Back to the point of the blog...

I was thinking about this saying this morning. I wonder sometimes if I'm God's "kind of people". The Old Testament paints a great picture of our relationship with God through the people of Israel. So many times Israel runs away from God and He pursues them. He longs for a covenant relationship with His people. Through Christ, I have a covenant relationship with God. It's really cool to think about it. Before Christ, the only way to God was through a High Priest of the God of Israel. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I have access to God the Father. I am so humbled by this.
Jeremiah 31:33 sheds some light on this covenant relationship:
" 'This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,' declares the Lord. 'I will put my law in their minds and write in on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.' "

That blows me away. Because of the new covenant, which places me in covenant relationship with God through Christ, I AM God's kind of people! That's pretty amazing to know. It would be cool to hear God say..."Wally...yeah...he's my kind of people."