Chosen

Good Morning!! If we complain about "favoritism", more times than not, it's because we're not the one being favored.  In the world, it's all about favorites. We reward those who behave as we wish,...act as we wish,...look as we wish. That's how it works in the flesh,...but God has a different standard in His family. 

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.—Galatians 3:26-29 (NIV)

Knowing who we are as individuals in Christ, can transform our individual lives. In the same way, a corporate understanding of who we all are in Christ, will transform the Church. God's truth trumps temporary social distinctions. Earthly ethnicity, gender, or social standing does not define us in God’s eyes,...if we are in Christ, we are all brothers and sisters. 

The Church is the one place where ethnicity, gender, and social standing should never matter.

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Heavenly Father, You show no favorites. In Your infinite love, You love all Your children with individual, eternal equality! We praise You that we're,...that we all, are Your favorite. Thank You for forgiving us all,...for the favoritism we show every day in Your family. By the power of Your Spirit, free us to see all others as "one in Christ"… and give us the willingness to let You love all equally,...through us. Amen.

"So even if we've chosen the Lord God in the past,...the real challenge; like Joshua is to choose This Day, whom we will serve."