What if Jesus had said, “I did not choose you; you chose Me?”
What would most likely be the point of saying that?
Wouldn’t it mean, “I’m not bound to you. You wanted to come along. If the going gets rough, don’t come whimpering to Me. It’s your choice, man. I didn’t stake anything on your success.”
But Jesus said the opposite: “You did not choose Me, but I chose you.” And so the meaning probably is: “Your presence here is My doing and so I take full responsibility. I know you agreed to join Me in this work, but deep in your heart you know it was I who laid claim on you and so My honour, not yours, is at
stake in this work.”
If this is what Jesus means, then the reason He said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, was to encourage us that He would help us. If His honour is at stake in our success because He chose us for the work, then we can be sure He will exert all His power to make us fruitful.
Here is a photo of Mani Kanta, formerly one of the boys being cared for at the Victory Home.
Having been born with HIV/AIDS, there seemed little or no hopeful prospect for his future. He has graduated from the home and his studies and is gainfully employed as a driver for Pastor Timoti, who is also in the photo. So in all our endeavours, let’s never forget who chose us to do good works. And if He chose us, we can be confident that He will make us fruitful.
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