We are Chosen

I recently read a devotional about how being chosen makes us feel as if we belong and that we’re accepted and special.  Have you ever been selected for something?  Were you excited? I know I have been.  

Those of us who are Christ followers, should feel even more excited.  Think about it.  We were fearfully and wonderfully made by our Father, the Creator of the universe….in His image.  Not only did He create us, but He chose us before the beginning of time (Eph 1:4-5).  He knew we would be where we are right now and He created us with a specific assignment in mind.  Because He gives us the will and power to please Him (Phil 2:13), we just have to obediently follow His leading.  Take a look in the mirror and for everything you identify as a fault or a blemish, remember that God created you to look the way you do.  He set you in your family and gave you the personality traits you have with His purpose in mind.  He CHOSE you (Matt 22:14!  

Even when we choose things separate and apart from Him, He chose us.  He knows who we are and what we’ll do and how we will respond and yet, He chose us anyway.  How does that make you feel?  It makes me feel loved and accepted.  It also makes me want to be more genuinely myself.  That doesn’t mean that I get to define who I am…..I don’t.  I didn’t make myself and I can’t remake myself….I have to surrender to God’s leading and molding and the more I trust and obey Him, the more I become who He created me to be.  Yes, it requires work on my part…but He is there with me every step of the way.  

This is refreshing and comforting to me…..I don’t have to keep trying to do things all by myself.  If I surrender to God’s direction and leading, He will direct me on the path that will lead to my most abundant life…..not necessarily the life I have planned for myself, because He is bigger and better than anything I can imagine on my own.  I don’t know about you, but I want all God has for me, because that will be the most fulfilling life I can have.  God chose me for a specific reason and I want to walk it out because I want to see where He’s taking me and I want to please Him (John 15:16).  I don’t want to miss a minute of what He has for me.  What about you?