Chosen

Playing sports has always been a favorite pastime for me. I played every sport equally bad but I played them all. Well, not all, but a lot. I did, however, play them all equally bad.

If your sporting ability is anything like mine, you may have had those days when you were chosen, or rather, given to the other team, last. It is no fun to be chosen last. Everyone else has been chosen and it is just you and the complete and total klutz left. Somehow, the other team captain chooses the klutz over you and you are chosen last again. It really is no fun.

You can let things like that do one of two things...you can either let it drive you into low self-esteem and a pity party or you can let it drive you into a desire to become better. I strove to become better, not that I ever got better but I strove.

Today's word comes from Deuteronomy 7:6, NIV, which reads, "You are a people holy to the LORD...The LORD has chosen you...to be His people, His treasured possession."

You will never been chosen last with the LORD; He has chosen you to be part of His family, His treasured possession. Okay, so you will never be the greatest athlete, or the greatest math wiz, or the greatest speller, or the greatest whatever. You are however, GOD'S treasured possession. He chose you FIRST! That is the greatest of the great.

Yes, I played a lot of sports. I actually won a few trophies and ribbons and such. But, none of that compares to the fact that I have been chosen by GOD to be His son! CHOSEN!

Be Blessed,
Mickey T