Chosen by Jill Krueger Wagner

I wasn’t chosen as a child. I had deep wounds from the times on the playground or gym when sides were being selected. I was usually one of the last ones picked. But one day I finally asked God, “Where would You when I wasn’t being chosen?” I heard that still sweet whisper Christians know is God’s lovely voice replying, “I was right there saying, ‘Jill, I want you for my team.’” Since that day Scriptures that speak of choices have held a special place in my heart.

Here are some of my personal favorites. Read over them and, if you like, let me know in the comments what you learned.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit… John 15:16

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In  love he predestined us to be adopted as his son, through Jesus Christ… Ephesians 1:4,5a

…because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. Psalm 33:12

Now choose life so that you and your children by live. Deuteronomy 30:19b

…choose for yourselves this day who you will serve… Joshua 24:15

Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold. Proverbs 8:10

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver. Proverbs 16:16

…No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Matthew 11:27b + Luke 10:22b

If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. John 7:17

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God choose the weak things of the world to shame the strong; He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him. 1 Corinthians 1:27-29