“How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near to Thee,
 To dwell in Thy courts.
 We will be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house ,
 Thy holy temple.”  Psalm 65:4

Last time we looked at Scripture that spoke of ‘How blessed is the one whom…’  verse 4 goes on to say,
“How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near to Thee…”

Now let’s look at some of the Scripture verses that refer to those of God’s choosing.
“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has
 chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples 
 who are on the face of the earth.”  Deuteronomy 7:6

If you think that because this verse is in the Old Testament that it refers to the to the Israelites only, I refer you to 1 Peter 2:9-10,
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for
 God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who 
 has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for once you were 
 not a people, but now you are the people of God…”
To verify this we read in Ephesians 5:8,
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Walk as 
 children of light.”

Ephesians 1:3-4 makes it clear just who the ‘chosen ones’ are and when they were chosen--they are those in Christ and chosen before the foundation of the world!  The elect of God!  Because we were so great? NEVER!  We were His enemies!  He chose because it was His desire and pleasure to do so!!  What GRACE--it is God’s unmerited, undeserved favor!
Vs. 3 says,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed 
 us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ,”
Vs. 4 in the Amplified Bible says,
“Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as 
 His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be
 Holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) blameless in His sight…”

The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 8:14-15,
“All who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God, and 
 if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ…”

This we can be sure of:
“For whom He (God) foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the
 image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;  
 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, He
 also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”  
 Romans 8:29-30  (My parenthesis)

PREDESTINED, CALLED, JUSTIFIED, GLORIFIED  This is GRACE
beyond measure!

The mighty God of all creation has personally chosen each one of us who believes and He brings us near.  What an amazing thing!  It is really beyond our ability to comprehend the fathomless truth of this.  It take the Holy Spirit of God to even begin to open this up to each one.
“All Scripture is inspired by God…”  therefore it takes Him to interpret it.

As we have committed to investing time each day to study the word, we seek the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us.  For 1 Peter 3:15 tells us,
“But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a
 defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in 
 you, yet with gentleness and reverence.”

Oh, Lord, we are so blessed and we give You all the glory!  Amen