Sammy was a shy High School Senior who was rarely noticed. He tried out for various sports but was never chosen. He joined the school newspaper club but his articles were never chosen for publication. He went to the neighborhood basketball court and watched but was never chosen to play. He tried to fit in with a group of friends but he was often overlooked and made the butt of jokes. It was humiliating. Sammy felt so alone.
Then one day a fellow student, a girl who lived two doors down front him passed him in the hall at school and invited him to a youth social at her church. Sammy didn’t know what to say, but once he got over the shock he said yes and got the details. She said that her mother was driving several friends to the meeting and he could ride with them. He readily agreed.
That night changed his life. There was a speaker that made them laugh, and then got serious and explained the plan of salvation through Christ Jesus. Sammy had never heard that before. He believed in the existence of Jesus and that He was good, but on this night, with other young people gathered around him in prayer, he accepted Christ as his savior and began what was to become a life long journey, and relationship with Lord Jesus.
Sammy continued coming to the church and joined as a member. He found what he was looking for finally. He was wanted, accepted, and part of something much bigger than himself. God saw him in his miserable life and sent a new friend to pull him out of his old life and into his new one. It wasn’t luck, it wasn’t chance, he was chosen. Chosen by God and adopted into His family of believers.
The Bible teaches us, “for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.” (1st Peter 2:9-10)
No comments:
Post a Comment