You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit.

John 15:16

What If Christ Chose You?

What if it's true?  
That Christ chose you - you in particular -  
picked you out of the crowd 
to bear this particular fruit for him?
What if he chose you, 
and put you right where you are - 
exactly there, in that very spot -  
to bless his world through you? 
What if there is no one else, no one but you, 
chosen for this sacred task?
What if God's Son trusts you so much that
you are his only plan, 
his only way to bear this fruit? 
Not because he needs you, of course, 
but because he chooses to need you.

It is hard to think so, isn't it?
There must be someone else 
better-suited for this. 
You're too busy, 
you haven't enough faith, 
or even enough energy, 
to do anything like 
what you imagine he wants. 

"You did not choose me, but I chose you." 
His words come back to you, 
echoing still in your soul,
a persistent whisper that only you can hear, 
trying to convince you all over again 
that he really did choose you  
to love this little piece of his world 
in the unique and special way 
that only you can.

But what if this is also true - 
that all he really asks of you 
is to believe it, 
and to let him 
bless this world 
through you?