READ: MARK
3:13-14
Out of the
several virgins who attended the beauty pageant, only Esther was chosen. This
was not a mistake. She was chosen for a purpose. In our reading, the Scriptures
state that Jesus chose the 12 disciples primarily to be with him. Has Jesus
chosen you? It is primarily so that you can be with him. This means that
irrespective of what we become or how mightily he uses us, we must never become
too busy to be alone with him. Do you find time to fellowship with the Lord,
just you and him?
The second reason for choosing the 12 was that he might send them out to represent him. Luke 10:1 says: “After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, where He Himself would come.”(Luke 10:1)
John 15:16 tells us Jesus has chosen us to help him in evangelising the world. God expects us to bear good fruit. 1 Peter 2:9 says we have been chosen to praise and glorify him. After choosing them, Jesus empowered the disciples to do the work. The Holy Spirit has been given to you to enable you to work effectively for the Master.
Esther was chosen for a purpose. She was also chosen for a time of crisis. We are most needed not when all is well but in times of difficulty. Matthew 26:36-40 tells us that Peter, James and John, who were close to the Lord, were chosen to be with him in the Garden of Gethsemane, to watch with him at a most agonising time in his life. At a time of national crisis and reproach in Israel, David was chosen (1 Samuel 16, 17).
God has chosen you to stand in the gap for his people (Ezekiel 22:30) and intercede for them; also to help others fight their battles, such as in laying hands on the sick to heal them. In addition, you are chosen to sacrifice for God’s people, to the point of laying down your life for them, as Jesus did for us (1 John 3:16). How well are you playing your expected roles?
The second reason for choosing the 12 was that he might send them out to represent him. Luke 10:1 says: “After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, where He Himself would come.”(Luke 10:1)
John 15:16 tells us Jesus has chosen us to help him in evangelising the world. God expects us to bear good fruit. 1 Peter 2:9 says we have been chosen to praise and glorify him. After choosing them, Jesus empowered the disciples to do the work. The Holy Spirit has been given to you to enable you to work effectively for the Master.
Esther was chosen for a purpose. She was also chosen for a time of crisis. We are most needed not when all is well but in times of difficulty. Matthew 26:36-40 tells us that Peter, James and John, who were close to the Lord, were chosen to be with him in the Garden of Gethsemane, to watch with him at a most agonising time in his life. At a time of national crisis and reproach in Israel, David was chosen (1 Samuel 16, 17).
God has chosen you to stand in the gap for his people (Ezekiel 22:30) and intercede for them; also to help others fight their battles, such as in laying hands on the sick to heal them. In addition, you are chosen to sacrifice for God’s people, to the point of laying down your life for them, as Jesus did for us (1 John 3:16). How well are you playing your expected roles?
MEMORIZE:
LUKE 10:1 –After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent
them two and two before His face into every city and place, where He Himself
would come.
