Chosen

Today as I was studying for an upcoming lesson I came across a verse that I have read hundreds of times but it had new meaning today. The verse was John 15:16, it reads; 16 You did not chose me, but I chose you and appointed you.... this is just the first half of the verse and the rest is equally encouraging however, this first half is the part that really struck me.

I was thinking about all the people of the world out there who were never picked for a sports team or at the very least never picked first, all the people who were told they could not do something because of their size, whether to big or to small or because they weren’t smart enough or pretty enough or whatever else it may have been that kept them from participating in that particular event.

As I read this verse it occurred to me that there is One who chose us before we were even really “us”. One who looked at every individual and said you are worth the cost and you can be on my team! There is none that has ever lived that is not included in this. In the world today we are classified and labeled and put into categories and sub-categories, but there is One who loves, accepts, and welcomes us just as we are. Big, small, smart, goofy, quirky, temperamental, flawed, fun, outgoing, sheltered, damaged, shy and whatever else you might feel you are, there is One who has chosen you and appointed you.

This One didn’t just say okay you can be on my team, He says you are significant, you matter, you are my plan A and it isn’t because of who you are but it is all about who He is. You have been chosen and appointed, are you living like it?