Let’s clear something up.
You didn’t surprise God when you got saved.
He didn’t wait to see how your story would turn out.
He wasn’t holding His breath hoping you’d pick Him.
God doesn’t react. He decrees.
Before you took your first breath…
Before your parents met…
Before the foundations of the world were laid…
He chose you.
Not because of what you would do.
Not because you were worthy.
Not because you were better.
But because He is merciful.
Ephesians 1:4-5 says,
He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world… In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself.
That’s not vague.
That’s not optional.
That’s not up for emotional debate.
That’s Bible.
Before you ever believed, God had already decided to make you His.
He didn’t choose you because you would one day choose Him.
That would make you the cause of salvation.
And salvation is by grace alone.
Romans 9:16 says,
So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
Let that destroy your pride.
It doesn’t depend on your will.
It doesn’t depend on your effort. It depends on God’s mercy.
Which means it depends on God’s choice.
If you believe today, it’s because He chose you yesterday.
Not because of your sincerity.
Not because of your spiritual potential.
Not because He saw you praying someday and thought, “Now that’s someone I can use.”
No, He chose you before you were born.
Before you could do anything good or bad.
So that His grace would be seen as completely unearned.
Romans 9:11-13 makes it clear,
“though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad–in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of Him who calls — As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”“
You may not like that.
But it’s there.
And it’s true.
God didn’t look down the corridor of time and learn something about you.
He doesn’t learn.
He knows.
He ordains.
He’s not watching history unfold.
He wrote the story.
Now, someone always says,
“But that’s not fair!”
You’re right.
It’s not.
Fair would be every one of us in hell.
Grace is God saving anyone at all.
He didn’t owe you salvation.
He didn’t owe you a chance.
He owed you wrath.
But instead, He chose mercy.
And if that humbles you it should.
Because God didn’t just save you.
He planned it.
He pursued you.
He opened your eyes.
He made you His on purpose.
That means your salvation is unshakable.
It’s not based on your performance.
It’s not hanging on your emotions.
It was settled before time began.
And nothing can undo what God has ordained.
So don’t let anyone tell you your faith is just a lucky decision.
Don’t believe the lie that salvation is up to the sinner.
It’s not.
It never was.
It’s up to God.
And He doesn’t fail.
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