Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-fruit that will last.”
These words were spoken directly to the disciples whom Christ had called from various walks of life. Some of them were fishermen. They were rugged, honest and industrious, but not great. One was a tax gatherer, but that only added to his unpopularity. Of the remainder we know little. Why did Jesus choose them? Another question is of more practical importance, Why did He choose us?
God chose us because He loved us. It was not for what we were, but what He could make of us. It was not what we would mean to the cause, but what Christ could mean to us. Oh, that today we would become all His for time and eternity.
--Royal S. Woodhead
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