Why Me?

Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them.

—Deuteronomy 4:37

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.

 —1 Corinthians 1:27

It is easy to fall into the error of trying to find selfish reasons for why God choose you. But that goes against the whole point of choosing. It can't be anything you've done or will do. Thus when you look at Christians around the world, you'll find a few common characteristics, and a lot of variety. I'll leave the specifics to you. Because most of the attributes you'll find, such as sanctification, are a consequence, not cause, of God's choosing. I think the two verses above perfectly sum up the traits which remain. God chooses the lowly, not for anything in themselves, but for the sake of their forefathers and for His own name's sake.

One thing we can learn from this is how important relationships (see yesterday's post) are for us and for God.