I wrote this a few years ago.. I think about it from time to time.

As I am sitting here tonight thinking.. Why did God choose me? Then God brought to my memory the story of Zaccheus,

Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

He wasn’t well liked in fact he was a tax collector. No one liked him. No one even spoke to him. but he knew the Son of God was coming but he was too short to see him so climb up into the a tree to see Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he told him Get down from that tree for I am going to you house today. Jesus choose to be with him and choose him when no else wanted to be around him or want anything to do him.

So when you get discouraged think about this story and say “Thank You to the Lord” for he choose you and he handpicked you for his service. 🙂