You know you. If you were being perfectly honest then you wouldn’t have picked you. But He did. When it didn’t make sense and when the odds were stacked against you, He chose you!
And He did it right on time!
“By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.” (Hebrews 11 v 21)
This is not the day to waste time wondering if, when, where or how God will, may or perhaps use us! Why?
- God never fails to raise the next generation. After Abraham came Isaac. After Isaac comes Jacob. After Jacob comes Joseph. After Joseph comes Ephraim and Manasseh. He has raised you too. He called you even when you were young and you didn’t appreciate fully His calling. Why do you think He has walked with you, guided you and protected you? The answer is because you are next. You’re it. Live your life for God. Ask for much. Expect much. Do much.
- God chooses from His criteria and not man’s. Incredibly Jacob takes his grandsons and treats them as his sons and firstborn sons at that, bypassing Reuben and Simeon. Joseph expected Manasseh to be blessed first ahead of Ephraim but Jacob chose Ephraim to be pre-eminent, special, the chosen one. And … God has chosen you also! It might not seem fair and it might not seem wise (as you look in the mirror of self-awareness). But it is His grace. So be thankful!
- Whosever God raise and chooses He blesses. This is the point the author is making. Don’t give up. You belong to a historical line of people who didn’t deserve to be called but they were.
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