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Friends,
in today’s Gospel Jesus identifies us as his disciples. So what do we
discover about ourselves? First, that we are a chosen race. As I’ve said
many times, our culture puts a huge premium on choice, our choice,
personal choice. We care, above all, about freedom, self-direction, and
autonomy.
But
the Bible is eminently clear that what matters above all is not our
choice, but God’s choice. We Christians, we followers of Jesus, have
been chosen by God for God’s purposes. And this choice is not a matter
of reward, as though we are being singled out because of our gifts. Just
the contrary.
Your
life is not about you. Your will nestles in an infinitely higher will.
Your mind is ingredient in an infinitely more capacious mind. And so the
primary question of your life is not, “What do I want?” but rather,
“What does God want?”
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