Deuteronomy 33:29a "Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you,a people saved by the Lord?" (Like no other people on the face of the whole earth, Israel was singled out as a people who would be highly favored because the Lord would use them to speak His message of truth and salvation and redemption to mankind. Using this same prayer from Moses over God's people, as we place our own name in the first line of this blessing, we can receive the same declaration from the Lord over us. Like Israel, each of us is uniquely called and uniquely blessed. These people, as we are today, are a peculiar people, different among all others on the earth because of the Lord's unique call on all of us. Even as Israel was saved from their bondage and slavery only through the mighty deliverance of God, so are we saved today from sin and its death-hold only through the mighty work of God in Christ. As God's mightily blessed and saved people, no one is like us because we are so highly favored, having been selected by Him to receive His grace.)
