Have you ever needed to search for a job? It is among the worst things you have to go through when you are starting out in your career. There are so many hoops you are required to jump through. You apply, someone looked over your resume, you have a few discussions with the person that would become your boss, they evaluated your past experience / future potential, and ultimately, decide whether or not to take a chance on you.

Even though it’s rarely fun you want to earn your place. And once you’re there you try and show our worth and advance. Living in modern America this all feels like the standardized path that we have been given to follow. It’s just what you do to get ahead.

However, as followers of Christ we have a God that turns this whole thing on its head. There is no lengthy evaluation process. God never asks about where your see yourself in five years. No, God looks at you, whether you are living in splendor or in squalor, and says, “I love you and I choose you!”

2 Timothy 1:9 tells us, “[God] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.” Christian, God knew the choices you were going to make and the life you were going to lead before your grandma’s grandma’s grandma was even born. God knew the struggles, the triumphs, and the mistakes and says, “you are mine; I love you; and you are worth sending my one and only son to die on the cross.”

God never asks us to prove our value to the kingdom, He just loves us for being his children. God has called us to live for so much more than just a simple paycheck. He has given us a holy calling. We already in, we just need to start living like it.

God’s love is a door without a key, a field without a fence, He’s made a holy fool of me and I've thanked Him ever since.