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.