| “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” |
| —John 10:27 |
I wonder if we fully comprehend that before the foundation of the earth God chose us to belong to Himself? He had the power to do this because He created us—He caused us to come into being.
If you ask me why God chose us, I cannot give you an answer because it is a great mystery. Surely we have nothing to commend us to God. No part of us retains the holiness that God’s nature requires. We have inherited the sin-stain of Adam and added to that sin-stain our own long, long list of sins.
Nevertheless, God chose us and, in due season, He sent the Holy Spirit to reveal His love for us and to show us the salvation that He has provided for us through His Son, Jesus.
Our Savior spoke these words, as recorded in John 10:27-30:
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
“My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
God has given us to His Son. He is our Savior, Lord, and King. We are His brothers and sisters, joint heirs with Him of eternal life. As we begin this new day, that certainly gives us something to celebrate. We were chosen by God, given to Jesus, and vouchsafed for eternal life with Him.
Let us go out into this new day rejoicing in our God-given security. Our salvation is a gift. We can’t earn it. It is a precious, precious gift given to us by God who loves us for reasons we simply cannot comprehend.
Based on a blog originally posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016
