Our faith is a gift. The fact that we have been “hired” by the Lord to go and work in His vineyard is not something that we came up with. Think about it this way: It’s not like the workers in the parable sent the landowner their resumés to apply for their jobs…

No, they were standing around with nothing to do, and it was the Landowner came and found them. He took the trouble to go out over and over and over, searching for workers. He found them — They did not find this job. He says to each one of them: “You too! Go into my vineyard.”

That’s all of us.

God found you, and He found me… standing around — whether it was when we were very young or very old or somewhere in between — And He said to each one of us: “You! I choose you. Go into my vineyard. You! Work with me. You! I want you on my team. Let me show you what you were made for, what this precious gift of life is for.”

I know I can speak for myself: If the Lord had not come in search for me, and picked me out, and personally called me by His grace: I would not be a priest right now. I would not have chosen this life… But I’m grateful He found me! And I’m grateful He found you.

Remember Jesus’ beautiful words in the Gospel of John: “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain.”

We have each been chosen by a good and merciful God.. We have each been hand-selected, and it’s no accident that we are here right now.

God found us