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God chooses you. Yes, you are chosen. Doesn’t this truth dispel your “not enough” fears?

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God chose you, sweet sister in Christ, before the creation of the world. Think on this and let it transform your thinking.

Many years ago, my thinking was a mess. I thought my value depended on others’ acceptance. Their acceptance mattered to me. Way too much. I was a bonafide people-pleasure. I just wanted to be okay, to feel okay.

My solution: join a sorority and — ta-da — instant friends. But I had to go through rush, that dreaded week of scrutiny by the sororities. Will they love me or hate me?

Will I be chosen?

Have you desired acceptance badly too? What did you do to get it? Awesome news: God chooses you!  All who are in Christ have his acceptance.

Rejected Ucks

During orientation, a sorority sister cautioned us hopefuls: “Please don’t ‘suicide’ by listing only one sorority you like. If you list only one and the sorority doesn’t choose you, that’s it. You have no place to go but the dorms.”

So what did I do? I “died.”

The solitary sorority I chose didn’t choose me. Shut in my dorm room, I cried. A lot. I felt rejected and stupid, ugly and tossed out . . . like trash. Shoved into a can and rolled to the curb. Dumped in the landfill. Alone.

Do you remember a time you were not chosen or chosen last? How about a time you did make the team or get the part?

God Chose You

Praise be to God, he has chosen you. Yes, you. Let truth of your chosenness warm you from nose to toes.  No test to pass. No contest. No nothing. You can do nothing to become more chosen by God. Not more prayer. Or more bible study. Or good works. Or anything.  Listen.

Before you took your first baby step, before you were conceived, before God fashioned the heavens and the earth, he chose you.

He chose you for a purpose: to be holy and blameless in his sight. If you’re like me, you may think, “Me? Holy and blameless?” Yes! Holiness is fundamental to God’s character.

You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16, NIV

How do you become holy? The Holy Spirit empowers you to want to please God. More and more, the fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control — adorns you.

Forever Chosen

The moment you believed on Jesus as your Savior, your old self died. You became a new creation. You are in Christ and Christ is in you.

This “in” means you have a place as a member of Christ‟s body, vitally united with him. The death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus — yes, the heart of the gospel — made possible your true identity. God now sees you as blameless because his Son is blameless, having paid the ultimate price to conquer sin and death.

Being “in Christ” is the true you.

This is why God chose you. Does knowing you are chosen change the way you think and feel about yourself? about God?

Embrace your true identity: chosen.

Are you having trouble accepting this beautiful truth about your true identity in Christ? Then please poke around my website for more biblical hope and practical help. Here’s a place to start. 

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