You are Chosen

You are Chosen

Good day to you all, hope you are blessed and walking with the Lord daily.

I have been speaking on you are loved and you are valued.  We discussed how much you are loved by the Lord, and that you are the apple of His eye.  We also spoke on how you are valued by the Lord.  How you are worthy and valuable to the Lord God almighty. 

Today I would like to discuss the word Chosen. You have been chosen by the Lord. Do you know that? He chose you. You, you were chosen and created by the Alpha and Omega.  He had you in mind when He created the earth.  He had you in mind when He was on the cross. 1 Peter 2:9 sums it all up.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellences of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Definition of the word Chosen:

• chosen out, select, the elect.

• one who is the object of choice or of divine favor :  an elect person

Yes you have been chosen by God. John 15:16 confirms it.  God chose you, you did not choose him.  What an awesome thought, God cares enough about you and me to choose to have a relationship with us.

John 15:16
You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

Why did God set His favor on Israel above all the peoples of the earth?  What was the basis of God calling them, “my chosen” in Deuteronomy 7:6-8 we have the explanation.

Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.  The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

How exciting the Lord set his love on you and chose you because the Lord loves you.  He loves you because He loves you!  That’s the deepest and ultimate, basis of God’s choosing you.

Below are more scriptures telling you exactly why God chose you and how He loves you.

Ephesians 1:4-5
Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.  In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.

Romans 8:28-29
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.  For those whom He foreknew, he also predestined to become conformed to the image of His son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.

Remember God chose you and created you for His own pleasure and purpose.  When you look at yourself and think about your life, remember the creator loves you, adores you and chose you for His own purpose.

You are LOVED, you are VALUABLE, and you are CHOSEN by the Lord God Almighty.  Why? Because He picked you for His own.

God bless you