Chosen

I remember waiting to be chosen for a team when I was a kid. The stress of waiting anxiously as one player after another was selected. The anxiety was followed by joy when I was finally chosen. Fortunately, in those days everyone was eventually selected. After selection, however, came the assignment of positions and possibly disappointment with my assignment. Fortunately, I loved to play catcher and most of the other kids didn’t, so I usually got that job. Some kids inevitably had to play right field or sit on the bench.

What about the game of Life? Are we all chosen? If we are chosen, will we be disappointed with our role? Ephesians 1:3-6 says, “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, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.”

To answer the questions posed at the beginning of the previous paragraph; no, we are not all chosen, only those who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation are chosen. We will not be disappointed by our role, because He has given us every spiritual blessing and, most importantly, adoption as His children. He has also given us each a role and purpose according to His glorious grace. That is a team worthy of our complete support and dedication.