I Want You

Put yourself back on the elementary playground. Two team captains are choosing sides, and you are standing in the group waiting. Depending on the game or your reputation, you may be trying to get noticed or hiding behind everyone else. Maybe you are simply waiting, thinking, “Please don’t let me be picked last.” Another way to word that might be, “Please let someone want me.”

In reality, you are, and always have been, very much wanted. God has always wanted you. Ephesians 1:4 tells us that God chose us before the world began. Verse 5 goes on to tell us that He predestined us for adoption into His family. The God of heaven wants us!

But that’s not all. There is another who wants you on his team. 1 Peter 5:8 tells us that this “team captain” goes about on the earth seeking whom he may devour. Interestingly, the one who wrote that warning was told by Jesus that he had been asked for by name by this team captain, that he might be sifted as wheat (Luke 22:31).

Did you notice the difference in the captains? One has predestined you for adoption; one is seeking whom he may devour. One wants you out of love. The other wants you out of revenge. One loves you. The other loves no one.

Everyone wants to be wanted. Make no mistake. You are wanted. But unlike the grade school playground, you have a say in which team you join. You don’t have to try to be noticed and you can’t hide behind a larger friend. Both team captains know you are there, and both want you. Which side will you choose?

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life …” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

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AUTHOR: Amber Tatum