June 29 - What kinds of people does God choose?

What kinds of people does God choose?

Jesus said,

"If any want to become my followers,

let them deny themselves and

take up their cross daily and follow me.”

Luke 9:23

About half the counseling I do comes back to one issue: People may intellectually know about God’s forgiveness, but in their heart, they don’t really believe it. Why? Because how can God forgive them if they can’t forgive themselves?

Unforgiveness locks people in a prison of doubt and insecurity.

That’s why I like to teach the Old Testament. People have always heard about “the Heroes of Scripture.” I enjoy pointing out their failures. Most Old Testament “Heroes” sinned in bold and vibrant colors. There was stubbornness and willfulness. There was drunkenness and debauchery. There was adultery and murder. It was constant and consistent. As Paul says in Romans 3, “all sin and fall short of the glory of God.”

So why do we still call some heroes? Because at crucial moments, they crucified their selfish desires, repented of their sin, and/or obeyed God when what heaven was asking was impossible.

Read those again: Repentance. Obedience. And selflessness.  

What kinds of people does God choose? Anyone who’s willing to repent and obey. Anyone who’s willing to follow self-sacrificing Savior rather than their own selfish heart.

In Christ’s Love,

a hero

… but only if I follow The Hero