God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace.
Chosen by God…can you imagine any higher honor? The Awesome Creator of the world, who makes no junk, has chosen you…me. The Psalmist says in Psalm 139:13-16:
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
God knew all about me before I was even formed in my mother’s womb. Even then he had a plan for my life, and chose me to be filled with his Holy Spirit so that I would walk in obedience to him. It isn’t that God created me any more special than others, nor did he choose me above others.
I fully believe that he chooses everyone, but only those who choose him in return are cleansed and set apart for his holy purposes…sanctified by his Holy Spirit and separated from the world’s evil ways of operation. God’s foreknowledge simply means he already knows our past, our present, and our future. He knows the choices we will make, rather than making the choices for us. We find God’s instructions in making our choices in I John 2:15-17:
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
And that is my goal…I want to please God and live forever with him. There is nothing in this world that brings lasting satisfaction, and any happiness is only temporary. True peace isn’t even an option for anyone living outside the will of our Father God. I desire to have the joy and peace that comes only from being in relationship with God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
God chose me, and in return, in loving gratitude, I choose him. I choose him in living by his standards and adopting his values and following the example of Jesus. It is a daily choice…a surrender of my will for his. And I am honored to make that choice.
Chosen by God…can you imagine any higher honor? The Awesome Creator of the world, who makes no junk, has chosen you…me. The Psalmist says in Psalm 139:13-16:
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
God knew all about me before I was even formed in my mother’s womb. Even then he had a plan for my life, and chose me to be filled with his Holy Spirit so that I would walk in obedience to him. It isn’t that God created me any more special than others, nor did he choose me above others.
I fully believe that he chooses everyone, but only those who choose him in return are cleansed and set apart for his holy purposes…sanctified by his Holy Spirit and separated from the world’s evil ways of operation. God’s foreknowledge simply means he already knows our past, our present, and our future. He knows the choices we will make, rather than making the choices for us. We find God’s instructions in making our choices in I John 2:15-17:
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
And that is my goal…I want to please God and live forever with him. There is nothing in this world that brings lasting satisfaction, and any happiness is only temporary. True peace isn’t even an option for anyone living outside the will of our Father God. I desire to have the joy and peace that comes only from being in relationship with God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
God chose me, and in return, in loving gratitude, I choose him. I choose him in living by his standards and adopting his values and following the example of Jesus. It is a daily choice…a surrender of my will for his. And I am honored to make that choice.
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