Jesus came to Saul and revealed the Father's purposes of love for him. This is also true in my life. I do not choose Him. He chooses me, loves me, and reveals His eternal purposes for my life.
Romans 8:29-30:” 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
This passage in Romans is written about me! I am one of the ones He foreknew!
This passage in Romans is written about me! I am one of the ones He foreknew! I am predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son! I am firstborn among many brothers! I am Called! I am Justified! And I will be glorified! Wow how exciting, how humbling. It is one thing to read the Scriptures and be in awe of them, it is quite another to realize that God is indeed talking about me! How awesome, how humbling!
But it still isn't all about me, it is about Him. He foreknew me. He predestined me, He conformed me, He bore me, He justified me, He will glorify me!
You know it is great to personalize the Scriptures but it is foolish, reckless and just plain stupid and self-centered to only look at what is being done for me and not look at the most important part, the ONE who does it for and to me, my God and King! This thought is perfectly illustrated by Jesus in John 15:16,19: 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
Well that's what I think!
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