It pleased

1Sam:12:22 For it has pleased the Lord to make you His very own people.

Not by works, nor by our goodness. But because it pleased the Lord. This has to sink deep down into our hearts. That it was God's will to bring us into His fold, and it pleased Him, just like it pleased Him everyday on the week of creation (when everything was perfect).

Eph:1:4 Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ

Jer:1:5 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you and before you were born I consecrated you.

2Tim:1:9 Who saved us and called us to a holy calling not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace.

And the fact that it pleased Him to make me His very own. That I am His prized possession, His very own.

Isa:43:1 You are mine

Zech:13:9 They are my people.

Psalm:100:3 We are His

Ah! So beautiful is this truth to bask upon. This is more than enough for us.