We are chosen by God (John 15:16) but that choice is also a matter of our own decision. Let us respond to God's call and serve Him, openly and lovingly. Let us bring our bodies in subjection unto the mastery of whatever our hands findeth to do; to do them for the glory of God. God is good. :)

1. Exodus 3:1-12
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in
law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to
the backside of the desert, and came to the
mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a
flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he
looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this
great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

2. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here
am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy
shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to
look upon God.
7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction
of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard
their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know
their sorrows;

3. 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out
of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a
land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place
of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of
Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the
oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress
them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto
Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people
the children of Israel out of Egypt.

4. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I
should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this
shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee:
When thou hast brought forth the people out of
Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

5. CHOSEN TO BE TRAINED

6. To be Chosen is a Choice
Moses looked (v.2)
Moses did not turn aside (v.3,4)
Moses heard the voice of God (v.4)
Moses revered God (v.6)
Moses responded to God’s call (v.4)

7. Recognize the Call
God declares His Holiness
God declares His Name
God declares His Authority
God declares His Love and Mercy
God declares His Promise and Power

8. Exodus 4:1-2
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they
will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice:
for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto
thee.
2 And the Lord said unto him, WHAT IS THAT IN
THINE HAND?

9. Chosen to be Trained
God gives the skills and talents
God trains (Exodus 4:3-9)
 To use the talents (Eccl. 9:10; 1 Cor. 10:31; Eph. 2:10)
 To be His instrument of goodness (Matt. 5:16)
 To declare His power and majesty
 Psalms 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from
my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy
wondrous works.

10. Training the Body and Spirit
Mark 14:38
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
THE SPIRIT TRULY IS READY, BUT THE FLESH
IS WEAK.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run
all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye
may obtain.
25 And EVERY MAN THAT STRIVETH FOR THE
MASTERY IS TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS.
Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but
we an incorruptible.

11. Training the Body and Spirit
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I,
not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I KEEP UNDER MY BODY, AND BRING
IT INTO SUBJECTION: lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others, I myself should
be a castaway.

12. Galatians 6:17
… for I bear in my body the
marks of the Lord Jesus.

13. Philippians 1:20
According to my earnest
expectation and my hope, that in
nothing I shall be ashamed, but that
with all boldness, as always, so now
also Christ shall be magnified in my
body, whether it be by life, or by
death.

14. Philippians 1:21
For to me TO LIVE IS
CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS
GAIN.