Deuteronomy 7:6 “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

HIS OWN

Don’t you remember choosing sides in grade school?  At recess, everyone would gather, two captains were picked, and then they would take turns picking their team.  I always felt sorry for the last one who was picked.  You know how that was, right?  Usually, it was the same kid every time.

Maybe you were that kid.  Or maybe you were the one picking.  It doesn’t matter now, does it?  But back then it was so important.  Aren’t you glad God doesn’t do that.  He chooses ALL OF US!  He wants us ALL on His team.  But we have to be willing to join it.

TEACHING MOMENT

I promise you there is going to come a time when your child is NOT picked for a team.  It could happen early or when they are grown.  But it will happen eventually.  This is the verse to share at such a moment.  They need to know that God will ALWAYS choose them.  He is just waiting for them to say, “Yes Lord, I want to be on Your team.”

Our job as parents is to get them ready to respond to that “choosing.”  We need to help them learn to recognize the voice of God, so when He does “call them” to Himself, they will know it is the Lord.  That means they need to know as much about the Lord as we can tell them.  If we do our part in sharing what the Lord has done in our lives and how He speaks to us, then they will know Him when He speaks.

Are you listening today?  Are you attentive to the voice of the Master?  He has chosen you, or have you forgotten?  You are His special child whom He loves dearly.  He wants to pull you close today and love on you.

Maybe you are listening and are just chomping at the bit to get in the race.  You are saying, “Put me in!  I am ready!”  Don’t worry, when you are ready He will use you.  Just don’t forget that He chose you before the foundation of the earth.  If you have received His Son you are on God’s team which means you are ALWAYS a winner!