Today I want you to think about a few things. Have you ever wondered if you were an accident? Maybe your parents didn't plan to have you. Maybe you have felt lost or just felt that you don't know which way you are going in life.
Well I am here to deliver you some good news! You are not an accident! Ephesians 1:4 4Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.
You are not a surprise to God. You are called with a specific assignment, a special purpose to be fulfilled in this earth.
Before you were conceived in your mother's womb, God has His eyes fixed on you. David declares this in Psalm 139:13-16 The Message (MSG)
13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother's womb.
I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I'd even lived one day.
So if you think that you are a nobody, think again. If you think that you have no purpose, think again.
God was so intricately involved when you were formed. He cared about your hands, your nails, your feet, the texture of your hair, to the color of your eyes, to the shape of your lips.
The word of God says that before you existed but by faith He called, see you being conceived, formed and born into this world...
You are not an accident and God chose you. God has a plan for you, Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV)
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
As believers were also saved by no accident. Paul wrote, according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world..."
The word chosen in Greek is eklego. This is a compound word from ek and lego. Ek means out, and lego means I say. Put both of these words together and you get, Out, I Say.
In Greek writing it is found that eklego refers to a person or a group of people selected for a specific person. It also means to call out, to select, to elect, or to personally choose.
Further when studying the word eklego it was used for the selection of men in the military service. It was also used to denote soldiers who were chosen out of the entire military to go on a specific mission or to complete a specific task. It was also used for the selection of politicians who were elected by the general public to hold a position to execute a special job on behalf of the community. In each of these cases it conveys that it's a honor and a privilege to be chosen.
We can not forget the responsibility that is placed when you are chosen. Your have to live you life in a way that is set apart. You have to walk and act different then the world. It has to represent an honor to the calling on your life.
So I encourage you to look at yourself and your life. Does is exemplify the one who chose you? Are you walking in integrity when no one is looking? Does your character reflect excellence that brings glory to the Father? Is it honoring and pleasing in the eyes of God?
Remember that you are a "special representative." God spoke, "Out, I say" He chose you, He has elected you. Our Lord and Savior has great plans for you. The Apostle Paul put it this way, "hath chosen us in Him before the foundations of the world..." He echoed from the heavens declaring, you come forth! He said Out, I say." At this point was when He separated you and called you His very own. You are and will always be His son and daughter.
Embrace your position as a child of the King of King and Lord of Lords. You were chosen and it was not an accident. You do have the responsibility to walk in high places. Look at Deuteronomy 33:29 (NKJV)
29 Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places.”
It's time that you accept your high calling, take your position, and choose to keep your position. You can't afford to think that your not worthy. Destiny is waiting on you. When your flesh begins to say, "you can't do it, you aren't smart enough, you really can't think you can..." Tell the flesh to be quite! You must capture the thought and cast it away. You can not allow your mouth to speak such negative things. You begin to speak life into your situation. You begin to confess the following,
"God you chose me, you have a future planned for me. God I am ready to be used by you to bring you glory." Flesh be quite. Satan get thee behind me. I am the head and not the tail, I'm blessed going in and coming out. I am an awesome being with infinite potential. My father is the King of King and Lord of Lords. Devil you have no authority over my life. God has a destiny for me and I will live a super natural life. God has a specific plan just for me. My heavenly father has chosen me and I am on my way in Jesus name!
Isaiah 60:1 (AMP)
1ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! God's calling you to get up, jump in the race!" You are a part of God's team. No matter the situation or the circumstances that you are facing right now, Gods called you. It's not time for you to sit down, or back down. Get going and keep going. God has placed gifts and talents in you that are waiting to be used. If you were given a gift would you put it on a shelf to collect dust? If you gave someone a gift and they never used it, would you give them another gift? God values you. Do not allow your life to be inconsequential if your ignoring Gods gifts. Do not minimize the assignment He has entrusted you with.
Your life has a purpose, you have gifts inside of you, yo have a calling on your life. He chose you!
