You Are Chosen

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. This I command you—to love one another.

John 15:16-17 

 

I remember in grade school being one of the smallest kids in class (stop laughing, that was WAY back then).  When we went out for recess, I would wait to be picked for whatever game we were playing that day.  Needless to say, I was always the last one picked....well, not picked exactly as much as the defaulted just to keep the team numbers equal.  I was not, and still am not, athletic by any stretch of the imagination.

 

But there came the day when my best friend was selected by the teacher to be one of the team captains for the day.  When it came time to pick sides, my best friend picked me first.  If you've never been the last one picked, you cannot imagine how wonderful it feels to be the first one picked for the first time in your life.

 

Look what Jesus is telling His Disciples, "You didn't choose Me...I chose YOU!"  When I start getting down on myself for whatever reason, God will remind me not to take myself so seriously and remember that I am chosen!  And because I am chosen, I get to love people who are hard-headed, cynical, crazy, funny, and some of the best people ever...they're called Deputies.