This word is submitted by Jane Larsen (jlarsen65@hotmail.com)

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You Are Chosen

1 Cor 1:27 & 28
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things and the things that are not to nullify the things that are.

Do you look at your own inadequacies and weaknesses and come before me with trembling? Do you see yourself as a weak and only partially filled vessel? It is I, your God, who makes the choices. Look at who I have chosen. Have I not chosen the weak? Have I not chosen the downtrodden? The poor. Those that society has looked down on. Did I not choose a youth who was but a shepherd to slay a giant.

I do not see what you see. I do not see what is on the outside. I see what is in the heart. I see your faithfulness. I see your longing to follow where I call. I see the deep places, the places men overlook, and these are what I use. This is what I see. I know each step you take and where it will lead. I know the prayer of your spirit and I hear. I hear and I am pleased.

You are the clay in my hands. You are the vessel I will fill and I will use and do not look at what you can see, for I am all seeing and all knowing and I choose. I have chosen you. Stand and receive. I have searched your heart. Stand and receive. I am well pleased with my choice.

Remember that in weakness I am strong. Those that are weak now will be strengthened. Those that are downtrodden will be the treaders of scorpions. Yes, and those that are low will soar on heights with the renewed strength and power of eagles!

I called you by name and I set you apart. I set you apart to glorify me. I am the one who chooses and I chose you. Stand now and receive.

In His name and to His Glory
Jane