God Chooses--Me?

Understanding Your Worth and Value

God Chooses—Me?

“He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love”

Ephesians 1:4

Moses couldn’t believe his eyes. Why wasn’t this burning bush—burning up!

But God was there—in the bush—speaking to Moses.

“Moses, I have chosen you to go down to Egypt. I’ve heard the cries of My people. Pharaoh has made them slaves… treats them

like dirt. My people suffer! Tell Pharaoh to let them go!”

“You’re kidding, Lord,  right? You choose me? You want me to stand

before Pharaoh and say, “Let the Jews go.”?

“But I’ll be with you!”

“Well, the Jews won’t believe me.  I was a failure in Egypt”

“But, your ready now.  Say to the people,  I AM WHO I AM has sent you. Then they’ll believe.”

“Aw, come on Lord, give me a break. They’ll never believe You sent me.”

“See the rod in your hand, throw it on the ground.”  Moses

jumped—the rod became a snake. “Pick up

the snake, Moses.”  Unbelievable—it became a rod again “Now they’ll believe you!”

“But Lord, I stutter. I can’t talk right.”

“I made your mouth. Obey Me…open your mouth!”

“Oh, Lord, send someone else…pretty please with sugar on top!”

The Almighty was losing patience but—God always wins an argument.

Moses relinquished, went to Egypt and watched ten amazing, horrendous plagues, destroy the land.

Finally Pharaoh screamed. “I can’t take any more! Get lost!”

The Lord chose Moses and He chose YOU before He made the heavens and the earth. He sees YOU now and says, "I choose you... I choose you...forever... I  choose—YOU!  

Jesus loved you first, went to the cross, was crucified and rose from

..

the dead for one reason—YOU!

YOU are chosen.
                       Don’t argue.

                                     Walk with Jesus

Let Him re-arrange ..your life.

And stand amazed, as Moses did!

You are valuable to God. Chosen!  That’s it! Period! End of argument. 
Dear Lord, Help me believe I'm important to You! I choose YOU!

God Sees--YOU!

Understanding Your Worth and Value

 God Sees-- YOU!

          " Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I separated you for myself"
Jeremiah 1:5

 
It was early morning and as usual the Lord God walked in the garden to spend time

spend time with Adam. This… was His favorite time of day.

               "Adam, where are you?”

“Uh oh. It’s the Lord, Eve! What if He sees us naked, finds out we ate the apple? The fun's gone... we've heard His voice. Let’s hide!”

So Adam and Eve crouched behind the trees hoping the Almighty

would go away, leave them alone, not find them out.

But God knew. He knew from the beginning what would happen. And His heart was broken. He loved Adam and Eve with the

tenderness of a mother.

The Lord called again. “Adam, where are you?” Of course He knew.

He is God, but still—He required a response.

“But Lord, it was Eve’s fault. She tricked me.”

“No Lord, it was the serpents fault. He made me doubt You.”

And while the Lord slaughtered an animal to clothe Adam and Eve with its skin, and cover their first sin—He saw YOU!

In fact He saw you before He laid the foundation of the world. He knew the day would come for Jesus to step from His glory and die a tortuous death for you and—He saw YOU!

You are chosen, picked out of many that the Lord may give you

favor. You are fashioned by the Almighty, greatly loved and—He sees YOU!

If you fasten on to this truth it will change your life—forever!

You are not an accident. You are not in the way. You are not

boring  and you are definitely not a looser.

I’m talking to you about God—Creator—the First and the Last, the

One who’s coming back—Jesus! The One who—sees YOU!

Dear Lord, I want to know you...know you love me. Please show me!

         

The Least Ones - A True Story

– Great People are Humble before God

The Least Ones – A True Story

 

“What do you think you’re doing? Don’t bother Jesus with your children.  He’s tired! So shoo!”

Saddened mothers and disappointed little ones turned slowly away. All day they had talked of meeting this wonderful Jesus. What it would be like to see Him eye ball to eye ball and be the one to sit upon His lap.

 “I guess you have to be big and important before Jesus notices

you.”

“I thought He was different” added another.

“Well He’s not! Jesus is like all the other grownups who say children should be seen and not heard.”

The rest of the story

An angered Jesus arose from His rest and put his disciples in their place.

“Don’t you know anything? Don’t you understand value?  These little ones are the heart of my kingdom. You must become like them. Bring them to me…now!”

The disciples hung their heads in shame while Jesus opened His arms and called the children.

And they came—running! They looked into the kindest eyes they

ever remember seeing. With adoring faces they hugged Jesus and begged to sit close to Him.

“Jesus, let me sit on your knee.”

“Jesus, I have a loose tooth.”

“Jesus, I love you!”

Jesus, my cat is sick. Please pray for her.”

And the King of kings had the time of His life. He was in His element.

Each mother cried a few tears as the Savior commented on God’s greatness in her little shining star.

The fatigue was gone. Jesus was refreshed.

He is King—Creator—God. He is He returning soon to defeat the devil and shut the mouths of the wicked.

And yet, one of His greatest moments was His time with the small, the weak, the helpless, and the humble—the ones who knew they

needed Him desperately. Were they the least ones? No—these were the great ones!

"Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 18:3

Dear Lord, I am grown but on the inside I am still a child in great need of You. I come to you now as a little one and humble myself before You. I NEED YOU!

Still Want Me, Jesus?...But I Have Sinned!

Still Want Me, Jesus?...But I Have Sinned!

 “Deny you three times…before the rooster crows? Never, Jesus! I ‘m here for you!”

And as Jesus was handcuffed and taken away, Peter fled in fear. He ran to the palace where Jesus would be put on trial.

Soon Jesus would be hung on a rugged cross and die a wretched, death. Soon the preachers would mock Him, the Son of God, as He died to forgive their sins. Soon Satan, the prince of darkness, would lift his goblet of wine and celebrate the death of his arch enemy.

But before the first nail pierced the hand of the Savior, Peter, the devoted disciple, denied ever knowing Him.

He stood with others, warming himself at the fire pit.

“I know who you are! You walked with this Jesus of

Nazareth.”

“Are you out of your mind, crazy? I don’t know that man.”

That’s once!

“You belong to Jesus. I can tell by the way you talk.”

“Shut up, woman. This Jesus is a stranger to me.”

That’s twice!

“I’ve seen you with Jesus!”

Fury registered on Peter’s face. “I don’t know this Jesus #$@&%*!”

That’s thrice!

And the rooster crowed. Peter remembered the words of Jesus. Running from the crowd he fell on his face in the dirt of the

earth—and wept—bitterly.

But God knew. He knew Peter would tell

the world about Jesus. Peter had fallen—needed to change. And when Jesus arose from the dead Peter turned to Jesus and asked forgiveness.  Read Peter’s words below.

"Now it's time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you”

Acts 3:19

That’s what Peter did. He humbled himself. And God who is rich in mercy picked him up and wiped away all of Peter’s tears!

Dear Lord, I humble myself before You. I have sinned in this _______________. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love You so!