Picked

We all want to be loved. We all want to be chosen. We want to approved. We want to be accepted. We want to be picked. We want to know that we are included. We want to know that we are important. It’s only natural. What if I told you that you are loved? What if I told you that you are special and one of a kind?You are the apple of God’s eye. You are one of God’s creations picked to live and exist in such a time as this. You have a purpose. You were bought with a price. You were picked.

Chosen

Do you remember in P.E when we played team sports? The coach would designate a team captain and let them pick their teammates. Kids would scream and yell, "pick me pick me." No one wanted to be the last one picked. There was a sense of pride to be chosen. You knew you were an asset to the team. Some kids brought their athletic prowess, while others simply brought their strength or speed. Interesting enough, many of us are still like those kids screaming, "pick me." We want to be picked for the promotion. We want to be picked as the leader. We want to be chosen. We want to feel apart. We want to feel special. We want to feel loved. I've got news for you. God chose you. John 15:16 says, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit-fruit that will last and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” Ephesians 1:4 says, “He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” First Peter 2:9 says, “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” You are loved. You are special. You are God's chosen.

X Factor

I've never been a fan of math, especially algebraic expressions. I always felt that letters and numbers should be completely separate. However, my Algebra teacher did not feel the same, and my grades suffered because of it. I eventually grasped the concept. The x-factor was a variable for a number that was unknown. Our lives have a number of x-factors or unknown variables. We are not in control, and x-factors are constant reminders of that fact. Life happens, and we have to adapt or find solutions to problems that arise. Nothing is set in stone. Circumstances change. Few things are constant. When you are faced with an x-factor, you must solve for x. You must seek the unknown. In an equation, whatever you do on one side, you must do on the other. 

(For example, X-2=4 add 2 to both side and x=6)

Create balance. What are the resonating truths in your life? vs. What are the variables or unknown? What is fact vs. fiction? What do you know to be true? Think on these things, and then solve for x. What's your x-factor?