Deuteronomy 10:14-17
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
God is not partial. He doesn't use one standard and measurement for some people and another for other people. He did not pick Israel because they were given an easier entrance exam. By that standard and measurement, no one passed the test. No one met the minimum qualifications for being chosen by God. God did not troubleshoot His own system by taking a bribe or impartially applying His standards and measures in order to justify His selection of Israel. No, on the basis of works and wages, no one would be chosen. So God, by grace and mercy, picked a people. No one can say they deserved it and no one can make a case that they too ought to be chosen or should have rather been chosen in the stead of Israel.
That being the case, how grateful and loyal should His chosen people be? The God who owns everything and everyone, in His mercy, set His grace on you. Do not kick back when He then commands you. Do not grow proud because of your new position. God set His heart upon you. Set your heart in reciprocity upon Him. He condescended to set His heart on you. He owed you nothing. You must now ascend and lift your heart to God because you owe Him everything.
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