2 Corinthians 2:3-6

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. -2 Corinthians 2:3-6

---

We’ve just survived through a presidential election.  Now I want to share with you how the word “election” is used in Christianity.  “Election” in Christianity is the idea that God chose us.  It assumes that because of our sin we are so messed up that if left to ourselves we would never pick God.  In Romans 3:11 it actually says that “there is no one who seeks God.”  That’s how messed up we are!

So what is going on when we do sense a desire to seek God.  Many of us have made a commitment to Christ at a retreat or at church or even at Saranac camp.  This passage tells us that our DESIRE to even want God comes from God Himself.  That’s what election means.  It means God chose us to give us the desire to want Him.  This is why the Apostle Paul writes that God “made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory.”  God gives us the ability and desire to want and know Him.

So if you’re reading this, it means that already is God is working in your heart and has given you a desire to read something spiritual.  That desire to read God’s Word came from God Himself!

Thank Him for working in your heart and choosing you to know Him and grow in Him.