Deuteronomy 7-9

I get the feeling that many of us like to be chosen. We want to be picked in gym class or recess (does anyone even have it anymore?). We want to be chosen by someone to become their spouse. We want to get the chance to perform and be chosen that way. We want to win the prize or gift that comes with being chosen. Often, however, we miss the real blessing of being chosen. Chapter 7 tells me this – Israel was chosen by God. However, this is not all that God wants. He chose them to have the land and drive out the evil. They were to be a light in this region – no, they were to be a light to the world. They were to live according to His ways, they were to teach everyone what it is to follow Him. They didn't do this. They missed the fact that to be blessed gives the chance to be a blessing. We are to pass it on! We are to live for Him and to show others what an amazing thing this is! We are meant to do it and remember what He has done in us. We are meant to follow Him and guide others to Him because we don't deserve Him – we don't deserve the love He gives. We don't deserve to have anything out of this relationship – but He gives it to us anyways. Yet we keep this gift to ourselves? I want you to be praying about what God is doing in you – and I want to challenge you to just start sharing your faith. The guy at the check-out or the girl at the restaurant – they need to hear it! The old woman at the library, the baby's family at the salon – we are meant to be their hope. Let's not blow it and let's believe that we really do have a gift that no one else can give but Him – the God of our fathers and the Christ of the world.