Do you remember elementary school? Do you remember there were certain kids who were chosen first when choosing teams to play kickball? Was there a certain group of kids who always chose one another? Were you part of that group or were you on the outside?
In every class of every school there is always a group of kids who are athletic and seem to gravitate toward one another. When games like kickball or dodge ball are played, they always choose one another. It can make those not part of the group feel left out.
The feeling of being left out can continue into adult life. We may feel left out in many situations, including in our local church. Yet, we can take comfort that God has chosen us. Not only has God chosen us, but he chose us before he created the world. We may wonder how this can be. We were not alive yet. Our birth was thousands of years into the future. But God knows all of history, since he lives outside of time. He sees it all at once. That is why we can say that for God a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day.
Not only has God chosen us, but he has also blessed us. Most importantly, he has blessed spiritually in the heavenly places. He has prepared a perfect place for us to be for all eternity. Yet, there is a connection between the spiritual realm and the physical realm. Through God’s blessing of our spirit, we are blessed physically. With God’s Holy Spirit living within us, our spirit is blessed. This is the reason we can say God is walking with us, holding our hand, and guiding us through this life. All of our blessings come through Jesus Christ. This demonstrates the trinity working together as one. All of this because God chose to save us before he created the world.
I pray we all know we are chosen by God. I pray we know that God is always with us. I pray each one of us realize we are blessed both spiritually and physically because of Jesus Christ. You are chosen by God. God chose you before time began. You are blessed spiritually. You are blessed because of Christ.
Ephesians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.
Marty Pressey 