Chosen

“He appointed the Twelve...” Mark 3:16

Jesus chose 12 men, Simon, whom he named Peter, James and John, two brothers known for their aggression and impetuousness. Jesus called them “Boanerges” sons of thunder because they were hot tempered. Then there was Matthew, a tax collector, and Simon, a zealot, which meant he was a revolutionary. Most of the twelve were fishermen. 

I think it is amazing that Jesus chose these men. He knew that the Good News should be spread to all nations. Here is the Great Commission He entrusted them to do before He left the earth, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20)

Should he not have chosen great teachers, orators, speakers, men of religion, instead of rough hewn men who had no experience whatsoever in preaching? But we can see these men were able to do the job Jesus entrusted to them, without television, without radio, without the internet. Just the Holy Spirit! 

Jesus chose us too, to be His mouth and hands and feet on earth. We are imperfect, flawed, just as the disciples were. That is exactly how Jesus likes it!