Standing on Grace Alone

We live in a world obsessed with merit. From the classroom grades to the performance reviews at our jobs, to the way we select players for a sports team. Our default operating system is that the best person gets chosen. It makes sense to us. It feels fair. So, because of this, it is incredibly easy to project that same operating system onto God. We secretly assume that God chooses to bless those who have the best moral resumes or the most impressive spiritual track records. But what happens when we look at the people God actually chooses and realize... they aren't the best players on the field?