Blessed is the country whose God is Jehovah,
Blessed is the man whom he has chosen as his inheritance.
Sometimes, we hear people say that Christianity is different from other religions because God chooses people and other religions choose God. Some people will find this sentence difficult to understand. Didn't I decide to believe in this God? Why is it God's choice? How to understand the problem of "being chosen by God"?
We should learn to see things from God's point of view, not from our own limitations, but from the truth.
What kind of people will God who loves us choose as his people? Or, what kind of person will be chosen by God?
But the LORD said to Samuel, Don't look at his appearance or his height. I won't choose him, because the LORD doesn't look at people like men; men look at their appearance, but the LORD looks at their hearts.
God looks at people's hearts and decides whether to choose them or not.
"Ask and I will give it to you; Seek and you will find; Knock on the door and it will open the door for you.
For everyone who asks will receive it; What you seek, you will find; He who knocks at the door will have it.
-There are many people who seek God for various reasons, either because of the hardships of life, or because they have limited understanding of people, or because they know the ugliness of human nature, or because they need deeper help, or because they seek spiritual satisfaction, or because they know the spiritual desire. Whatever the reason, your heart is eager to know God, and you are within God's choice.
Some believers say that it is really blessed to believe in this true God, but why did God choose me so late? Why didn't you choose me earlier? In fact, it's not that God didn't choose you, it's not that God's love didn't come to you, but that your heart is closed, so you can't see the light of God. Jesus has been standing outside your heart, waiting for you to open the door to see him. When you shout when you need it most, you begin to see the light of God.
Heb 1 1:6 Without confidence, people can't be pleased with God, because those who come to God must believe in God and believe that he rewards those who seek him.
Christian belief is not a one-way belief. Our God endows human beings with free will and spiritual breath in order to let us run freely in God's kingdom and enjoy the happiness of freedom. God's choice, in addition to personal inner demands, there is also a "belief" in God.
When you are willing to accept this God as the savior of your life, you can be "justified by faith" and get God's reward-the hope in heaven and the guarantee of eternal life.
I hope all brothers and sisters can seek God's face more, pray and entrust everything, and look up to the God who begins and ends. God bless you. Amen!