Choice
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” -John 15:16
Here is a truth: We all have a need to be chosen. We have a need to be cared for and wanted. We love it when someone chooses us a friend. It is something special to be chosen by someone who loves you to be their spouse. It is affirming to be chosen as the successful applicant for a job. When we are chosen it makes us feel included and not excluded. When we are not chosen there is a sense of rejection. Our faith in Christ gives us the ultimate experience of being chosen. We may be rejected by everyone but of this we can be sure: God through Jesus Christ has chosen each and every one of us to be his child and to be a part of his family. Often times we hear people say something like “I’ve found God” or “I’ve chosen to follow Jesus.” We all know what a person means by this, however, none of us found God or initially chose to follow Jesus. God through Jesus Christ chose each of us and then we responded to God’s choosing us by accepting or rejecting what God has done for us.
The bottom line is this: We have been chosen. When God sent his Son into this world to die for our sins and defeat death through his resurrection, we were chosen as the sons and daughters of God. When we come to Christ. we are deciding that we are going to accept God’s action of choosing us.
