Chosen Pt. 2: The Cost, the Process, and the Glory of Being Predestinated by God

Core Message

You were foreknown and predestinated by God before creation to be conformed to Christ's image, but the choice to surrender to His refining process belongs entirely to you, and that process transforms you from trying by effort into becoming Christ by nature.

Key Scripture

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. — Romans 8:29-30 (KJV)

3 Key Takeaways

1. You were chosen before you existed and agreed to the cost of conformity in the spiritual realm, so what feels like struggle in your flesh was understood as a crown from your perspective before birth.
2. Proximity to God exposes your weakness and sin not to disqualify you but to reveal your need for Him, which is the foundation of your anointing and the beginning of transformation.
3. The Holy Spirit fills you progressively through each season of suffering, and every pain you endure expands your capacity to receive a greater measure of God's presence and nature.

Prayer Focus

Pray that you will surrender completely to God's refining process, ask Him to fill you continuously with His Holy Spirit as you are exposed and broken, and commit to raising others who will carry His purpose beyond your lifetime.