Chosen

"With full knowledge of your past failings and present defects of character, God chose you anyway! ~ that's mind blowing grace! It's also a truth that's hard to hold onto when you're having a bad time and under-performing spiritually. So, what does it mean to be chosen?

(1) To be chosen is to be seen as unique. Each one of us cries out to be noticed as special, not just one more of the same. And with God 'everybody is somebody'. In his eyes there are no misfits, rejects, or second-class citizens.

(2) To be chosen is to be recognized as having something to contribute. Chosen people are significant. Their biographies get written and read because their stories matter. THey establish God's kingdom on earth. Understand this: God thinks you have something to contribute that no-one else can.

(3) To be chosen means to be wanted by God. For people with empty hearts and wounded pasts, the only true basis of self-worth is God's unchanging opinion of you revealed in his word.

In the world, being chosen often means to be chosen at some else's expense. But, God doesn't choose in that way. No, his plan for you doesn't diminish the lives of others; it enhances them. In God's plan, those who are chosen are always chosen for one reason-to serve. When we begin to see one another as being chosen by God, we'll begin to love and respect one another in a way we never have before. And that will profoundly change every relationship we've got." -anonymous-