Unshackled Moments ~ September 17 ~ Not Just A Job Interview

God wants you. He wants relationship with you. He wants to make you His and to have you receive and reciprocate His love. That's what He wants. You may have wondered "What's God want me for?" Well now you know. Jesus didn't call the disciples to Him to be apostles and fishers of men. He didn't call you for an aspect of ministry. When Jesus says come and the Spirit whispers the desire of God to our hearts giving us the gift of faith to respond it's not a job interview. Yes, Jesus knew the disciples would be apostles and told them from the start that He would use them. Yes, God has a special and unique calling for you that will enable His glory to be reflected in a way that no one else can quite reflect it, but that's not the why He wants you. That's secondary. When Jesus told the parable of the lost sheep, there was no indication that the sheep had anything that the other 99 didn't. It wasn't more valuable. It's wool wasn't gold. It didn't have a special job. It was just His, so He left the 99 to get it back. It isn't the will of the Father that any should perish. The Word took on flesh out of love for you, for me, and for everyone. It wasn't a way to get cheap workers or indentured servants. It wasn't to convince us to work for the kingdom. It was to bring us by grace into the family. Jesus wants you for you. He wants me for me. I don't know why Jesus loves me, but I'm glad that He does. Aren't you glad that Jesus loves you?