Anyone who has taken time to reflect on the salvation that God has freely given them eventually comes to the question; why me? That is, why did God choose me among all of the people in the world? Is there something special about me, am I better than the rest? The answer is no.
Some venture to say, that God looked far into future and saw those who would eventually have faith in Him and He chose them. This wrong for two reasons. First, they forget the fact that God has created all things - including this so called "predisposition to faith". Secondly, this is just a human way of crediting our salvation to us.
I believe that there is a better way to think about how God chose us. Here are two verses that will help us think biblically about God's choosing of us.
Ephesians 1:4
"just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world..."
Clearly we were not around when God did the deciding. This leads me to believe that we in no way earn or merit our salvation - it is a free gift of God's grace and that's it.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
"For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise...so that no man may boast before God"
I think this verse is very clear that not only are we chosen because of no good thing in us, God takes things one step further and chooses the foolish, weak, base, etc - so that we may not boast. That is, God will get ALL the glory for our salvation.
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