23/10/2022 - GOD CHOOSES HIS OWN

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He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.   Psalm 78.70

It doesn’t matter whether you have been discriminated against by strangers, family members, or the church. Whoever has believed in the Lord has been chosen by Him to carry out special missions. In them, God’s love gives you the chance – already destined to His servants, even before the foundation of the world – to be holy and blameless (Ephesians 1.4). So, never drag yourself before someone, asking for help, because the Most High is your Helper. He knows how to bring those who put their faith in Him into the right position. The Lord is the Almighty!

Your requests will be granted; after all, God is perfect and prepares what is necessary for your success. He doesn’t have to create something to help you, but open your eyes so that you can see the door that is open to you. Take the example of Hagar, Abraham’s concubine, who depreciated her position as Ishmael’s mother, provoked Sarah, was thrown out of the house and started wandering in the wilderness of Beersheba.

When Hagar saw that the water had run out, she left the boy under a tree and walked 100 to 150 meters away, not knowing what to do: Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy. So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept. (Genesis 21.16). The weeping shows that she repented, and this allowed her and the boy to be saved. Seek Jesus and live!

Salvation had Ishmael’s participation, who, despite his young age, knew the God of his father, the patriarch Abraham, and cried out: And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is (v. 17). When you find yourself with no way out, and death is imminent, pray. God’s elect will have their petitions heard.

The salvation of mankind occurred by God’s foreknowledge; therefore, it can never be cancelled (1 Peter 1.2). However, it only comes into effect when a person receives Jesus as Savior. The purpose is to enable us to carry out God’s will. Thus, Peter said: elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied (1 Peter 1.2). Be a blessing!

David was already a servant of the Most High when he was elected shepherd of Israel. Likewise, those who serve the Lord with integrity of heart and the other virtues, indispensable to the accomplishment of any mission, will achieve promotion and prominence in the Master’s harvest: For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim 3.13). Be an approved worker!

The Lord honors those who honor Him and never gives in to wickedness, when most are led by temptation. Such a person will be rewarded in a great way: But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord God. (Ezekiel 44.15).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares