Why Me?

Written by Pastor Nuckols Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:34

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:4-5

Why did you adopt me? What made you choose me rather than someone else? What did you see in me that pleased you?

I need affirmation from you to know that I have value, or that I have worth. I need to know what it is about me that evokes love from you. And ultimately, why you will continue to choose me when I am very ugly, or worse yet, when I am convinced in my mind of my own unworthiness.

Watching the world’s ways, and experiencing its harsh ‘pick of the litter’ mentality, it is very evident that choice comes only with the significance or appeal of the person to be chosen. If the individual fails to meet the expectations of the beholder’s eyes or falls short of any worthy long-term value, then that person is written off, and the chooser’s efforts are reserved for another more worthy of his affections and commitment. Whenever someone brings joy and pleasure to the beholder, devotion and accolades are awarded to the beloved, of that there is no doubt.

With our heavenly Father, His reception and adoption is quite different. He does not choose as man does, for He chooses according to His promise and not according to what value or lack thereof is seen. There is no earthly reason for His adoption of you as His child. Even if we can point to the many attributes that differentiate us from others, deeming us as more attractive, we ignore the obvious and deny our earthly father, Adam. Therefore, we are chosen by God because of the One who was joined to our flesh and joined to this world as we are. He was conceived without sin, and yet every moment of every day of His life did He live in perfect obedience and faith for us.

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law.” Being under the law, we operate and function in an understandable and logical system of the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of choice. Which leads us back to why would our God choose us? The problem with our logic in its vain attempt to have an object unto which to point as being the reason for our adoption is that it is flawed in its understanding of motive. Being self-centered, as we are, we endeavor to find the reason from within ourselves and not outside ourselves. This is precisely why it is so flawed to find comfort from within and not from the One born for us under the same law which condemns us, yet is fulfilled in Him.

Our heavenly Father revectors our faith away from our self and to Jesus; the One “born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law.” Our justification for Father’s choice does not lie within us but by virtue and reason of His Son for us. Being God’s child centers on His begetting our souls because of Christ, and just as an earthly son or daughter cannot become more of their parent’s child by their behavior, nor less their parent’s child by their lack of pleasing behavior. So it is with you and me as His children. We are His children because He has fathered us and made us His own through Jesus. Therefore, we do not fear, but rather are confident in God’s choice and not in our attractiveness or merit-ability. For He is our Father and we are His dear children joined to Him through the One born for us and never to be parted.