Thursday, November 21, 2024

 


*In ancient times, when the oldest son always got all the wealth and the second or younger sons had no social status, how does God work? 

Through Abel, not Cain. Through Isaac, not Ishmael. Through Jacob, not Esau.Through Ephraim, not Manasseh. Through David, not his older brothers. 

At a time when women were valued for their beauty and fertility, God chooses old Sarah, not young Hagar. He chooses Leah, not Rachel—unattractive Leah,whom Jacob doesn’t love. He chooses Rebekah, who can’t have children;Hannah, who can’t have children; Samson’s mother, who can’t have children;Elizabeth, John the Baptist’s mother, who can’t have children. 

Why? 

Over and over and over again God says, “I will choose Nazareth, not Jerusalem. I will choose the girl nobody wants. I will choose the boy everybody has forgotten.”

Are you the one Rejected? Neglected? Unloved? 

Remember, you are the chosen one by God Almighty!! 

Amazing Grace! 


 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 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.  God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 


















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