Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
This message comes from a preacher that I listened to recently. I don't know where he had received it from, but I wanted to share it with you.
Matthias was there from the beginning. He saw it all, and followed close.
He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he never walked away.
He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he didn't get bitter.
He wasn't chosen in the beginning ... but he didn't sulk or seek promotion.
He wasn't chosen from the beginning ... but he chose Jesus over title.
He wasn't chosen from the beginning ... but he chose relationship over position.
He was the guy that just kept hanging around, refusing to be offended.
But, Jesus knew who he was, and had plans, and a place for him.
When Peter brought about his selection in Acts 1 to fill the empty position vacated by Judas, Jesus had already chosen him...
For 1 Corinthians 15:5 tells us that after His resurrection, Jesus was seen of Peter, then of the twelve. That means to me that Jesus was already including him. He was that guy that just kept hanging around!
Don't ever quit, don't ever be offended, don't ever get bitter...
You may not have been chosen in the beginning, but the 11th hour workers were just as valuable as those chosen in the beginning. The harvest would not have been brought in without them!
William James Roop
