“For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” Romans 8:29

I was sitting in the Medical Lab waiting to be called for my annual physical. I had tried to resist, but there was no way to get the blood test done without wearing a mask into the office. They supplied me one and I joined 5 other masked hombres in silence. Not being used to the mask, I got a tickle way up in my nose, which grew into a HUGE irritation. Then the question hit me, “to pick…or not to pick??”

I didn’t want to cause alarm in others by indulging in unacceptable behavior. Neither did I want to risk the chance of shoving a potentially diseased finger up my nasal passage! As the irritation grew, I couldn’t even find a magazine to hide behind, since during this so-called pandemic, magazines are outlawed too! Finally I buried my nose into the bend in my elbow and rubbed hard! It was then I heard…”Mr. McCay?”

Reflecting on that experience, and after reading this Bible passage again, the comedic side of God seemed to be leading me to the question, “does God pick His nose?” Digging deep, that was the question I got! Saving the next natural question, “does God even HAVE a nose,” for later, I started to scratch the itch!

The question of predestination and the debate of election (picking) believers based upon God’s foreknowledge, has been going on for centuries. I don’t mind telling you that I think some MAJOR theological bigwigs are simply out of their illogical minds when it comes to the subject! And it all has to do with the nose!

Does God pick me because He knows I’ll pick Him? Or do I pick God because He knows I HAVE to pick Him? In all my digging I have come to the conclusion that the answer to BOTH questions is YES! Which in EITHER case, points to this absolute fact… ‘I am living proof that… God indeed…DOES pick His knows!’

Do you?