“The Minimum Requirements of Being Chosen”
When we apply for a job, we’re given a detailed description outlining the expectations. Along with that description come minimum requirements — qualifications that must be met before you can even submit your application. Some opportunities won’t even allow you to apply without meeting those basic standards.
God works the same way. Serving Him comes with minimum requirements.
Romans 12:1–2 says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Our reasonable service to God starts with our submission — offering Him our whole selves before asking Him for our next assignment. Presenting our bodies isn’t just physical; it’s about posture. It’s about positioning our hearts in obedience, humility, and holiness.
Many are called, but few are chosen. And not because God didn’t call them — but because when He did, they didn’t answer. Some never prepared themselves to be chosen.
I think back to the countless prophetic words I’ve received in my life. Some of them felt so huge that I couldn’t even imagine them coming true. I’d ask, “God, how can this possibly happen through me?” Yet He reminded me — “It’s not you that will make it happen; it’s Me.”
Sometimes, like David, we come from a family or a bloodline that runs from giants. Saul and David’s brothers trembled before Goliath, but David had already faced lions and bears in private before he ever faced a giant in public. God knew that before anyone saw him as king, David had learned to be faithful in the field.
God trusted David with the dream before He gave him the platform.
In my own life, God allowed my heart to be broken in marriage to bring me to my knees. It wasn’t punishment — it was preparation. My pain became the place where I met purpose. He called me to face the Goliaths in my bloodline — fear, rejection, brokenness, and disappointment — not to destroy me, but to deliver me.
What Goliath has God called you to defeat in your family line?
The people who overlooked David — even his father — didn’t disqualify him from God’s calling. You might not be “their” chosen one, but you are His. God knows exactly when to call you out of hiding. He knows the exact moment to say, “Step up to the plate — it’s time.”
David’s obedience in ordinary tasks prepared him for extraordinary purpose. He didn’t think he was too big to serve. He carried bread, not knowing he was walking straight into destiny.
When you’re faithful in small things, God can trust you with greater things.
Maybe you’ve been overlooked. Maybe you’ve been hurt by those who should have helped you. But God saw you. He saw your worship in your pain. He saw you stay humble in humiliation. He saw you kill your lions and bears when no one else clapped. Heaven applauded you.
Now, God is positioning you for your Goliath moment. And this time, you’ll defeat the enemy with his own sword. The very thing that tried to destroy you will become your greatest weapon of victory.
Philippians 3:13–14 says, “Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
You’ve pressed through your pain, and now you’re stepping into your prize.
Because the same God who called David from the field is calling you now — from overlooked to chosen, from broken to crowned, from hiding to healed.
Your obedience is the application.
Your submission meets the minimum requirement.
Your “yes” is your qualification.