We tend to forget how big God is and that He is the one who takes care of us. We don’t and can’t achieve anything without God. As Colossians 1:17 says, He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Let's look at 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (NLT)
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, ... Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

With God taking care of us we can praise him and give thanks..

1Chronicles 29:13
Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.

God's Formation

This week several things happened that orchestrated the thought of the week. Let’s just say that as always, God’s hand was in its formation.

Psalm 91:9-16

If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge- then no harm will befall you,no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. "Because he loves me," says the LORD, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

Being Chosen

As a kid I always dreaded the times at recess when we had to “pick teams”. I was usually chosen about halfway through the pick or towards the end, I was never chosen as the top 5. Seemed to me that the ones chosen first were always best friends to the one doing the choosing, or you excelled in the sport you might be playing that particular day. I don’t know why my thoughts bring me back to that time of life other than to say that we don’t choose Jesus, He chooses us, and when we follow Him we become His friend and we are adopted into Gods family. Galatians 4:6-7 says, Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. With that in mind, see what he says about us in 1Peter 2:9-10, But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Not only does He call us sons and daughters, but He loves us so much.... Romans 8:38-39; For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I guess what I’m trying to say is, what a privilege that Jesus chose us, and it should be our desire each and every day to honor Him because He did choose us.

John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

(emphasis mine)