Chosen

"...just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, 

that we would be holy and blameless before Him..."

Ephesians 1:4

Hoes does it feel to be chosen? I think there could be two possible response in being chosen. For a guy like me, to be chosen by the girl I like can be one of the happiest moment that can happen. At the same time, being chosen can be scary. Being chosen can place us in a position of power and influence that if not properly tread could mean the demise of the person of the group of people who did the choosing and the person they chose. 

But being chosen, especially for an honorable position and by an honorable person puts a person in a place of privilege. The guy that a girl chose to be her significant other is in the place of a privilege. A person chosen by the people to lead them is in a position of privilege.

And that should be our response after reading Ephesians 1:4. Imagine the God of the universe, choosing you, even before time and all creation began. He has chosen you. Among the billions and billions of people who has lived and who will ever lived in this planet, He has chosen you. Before you even did that all the things that you've done, He has chose you. And even the things you don'y even know that you will do or will ever do, He has chosen you.

And the greatest thing about being chosen by God is because God has a purpose for us. He purposed that the chosen ones would be people who are set apart for Him,a people that God can call His own. You are someone that God would want to call His own. He wants you to be set apart for Him and to be like Him--holy and blameless--blemish free, clean and pure.

But God doesn't have to choose anyone of us. If we just let our lives be whatever we want, we will never be worthy for God. He is Holy. We are worldly. He is blameless. We are sinful. And for God to choose someone is an act of amazing grace.

Never take for granted your position in Christ. You are chosen by God as an act of amazing grace. Praise be to the God who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with all kinds of spiritual blessings.

Read a Psalm: Psalm 91

New International Version 1984

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Psalm 91

1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^a

2I will say^b of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

4He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

9If you make the Most High your dwelling—

even the Lord, who is my refuge—

10then no harm will befall you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

11For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

12they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15He will call upon me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.

16With long life will I satisfy him

and show him my salvation.”

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Footnotes:
a 1 Hebrew Shaddai
b 2 Or He says

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Stanza/Outline:

    1 - 4   The Lord is my shelter and place of refuge

  5 - 10   Fear us eradicated with God's Father

11 - 13   There is God's supernatural protection

14 - 16   Those who love the Lord experience His Salvation

Main Point: God's protection is given to those who love Him