Chosen

Aug. 24

“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—”

Ephesians 1:4-5 NIV

For some unknown reason it seems that I was never chosen first for any team. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact that as I was growing up I was a lanky~uncoordinated kid. But, the good news is that on God’s team I was chosen from the beginning. This makes me a citizen of Heaven and a son of the King. It’s quite an honor to be royalty.

It’s amazing that so many of the King’s children spend their lives living as if they were destitute. We forget that we are no longer citizens of earth even if we still live here. Perhaps its time to cut up and throw away my earthly passport. Its hard to have dual allegiances.

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Matthew 6:24 NIV

We have been chosen by God to be adopted into His family and are now residents of heaven. We have been blessed with all spiritual blessing. One of the problems that we as Christians often encounter is that we think earthly and God thinks heavenly. We let our concerns for earthly things affect our decisions more than our concern for heavenly things. If we are truly children of the King and we desire to please our Father then should this not effect our decisions? We must remember that this world is no longer our home. We have been chosen by God to be His children.