I Have Chosen You 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. (John 15:16) Scripture Focus: John 15:9-16 Nurserymen often talk about how a plant likes being planted in sun or shade. But you never hear them talk about where a plant chooses to be planted. Thats because plants dont choose. They grow where they are planted. Thats what makes them a plant. But Jesus chooses those who will become His followers. I have chosen you out of the world (John 15:19), Jesus says. The entire process of salvation is due to Him choosing us, not because of anything we have done. This is a great mystery. We dont know how it works, but we see that it works in our changed hearts. I know that if God had waited for me to choose Him, He would still be waiting. How reassuring this is when we follow His command to bear fruit (thats His way of telling us to do as He did and how our lives then reflect His goodness). We need not feel the weight of responsibility so heavily if we remember that He chose us and appointed us to do it. As we study and respond to His good and perfect Word, He will give us what we ask in His name. Insight: So Neither He Who Plants Nor He Who Waters Is Anything, But Only God, Who Makes Things Grow. (1 Corinthians 3:7)
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