School was in session and everything was fine...fine until it was time for teams to be chosen. As the team captains called out the names of their chosen players, the air filled with awkwardness - at least for one timid teenager who was anything but agile. "O God, I hate being chosen last. Please let somebody want me."
Have you ever longed to be chosen because you were wanted... you were desired? Child of God, the Lord chose you "before the creation of the world" (Ephesians 1:4). He chose you only because he wanted you - not because of your strength, scholarship or skill. We can take no credit or merit in being chosen, Jesus clearly states, "You did not choose me, but I chose you" (John 15:16).
Many years ago another teenager faced being chosen. The Lord sent the prophet Samuel to Jesse of Bethlehem saying, "I have chosen one of his sons to be king". What an unfathomable honor for a family! Yet, after Samuel had surveyed Jesse's seven sons, he said, "The Lord has not chosen these... are these all the sons you have?" Well, there was David, the youngest. But he was away tending sheep - and certainly not "king material"! At the prophet's insistence, however, the lad was brought in. Immediately, the Lord told Samuel to choose David, "and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power".
In a most crucial battle after Goliath had completely terrorized Saul's army, God used the young, inexperienced boy as the man of the hour. Imagine the Israelites' amazement as they saw "unarmored" David approaching Goliath. Just how could this teen be confident of conquest? David knew the simple principle: whatever God chooses for you to do, he will equip you to do. In a moment, David single-handedly slew the nine-foot titan. His secret? He understood the true source of strength, declaring before the confrontation, "The battle is the Lord's" (I Samuel 17:47). AUTHOR: June Hunt
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Amen, bless you Pastor Mother Dee, thank you for this powerful message from God..