I don’t know about you, but this week was a really hard, pressing week for me. In the middle of this crazy week, I heard the word “handpicked.” I thought to myself, what in the world am I hearing? I know what the word is, but I was wondering why I was hearing this word in my spirit. I began to look up the definition of the word to gain more understanding and it soon became clear to me.

The word “handpick” means to select carefully with a particular purpose in mind, to select personally.

Sometimes in life, we all go through pressing hard times, and you may have asked yourself, why me, Lord, especially when you look around and see everyone else doing better than you. Could it be that you are handpicked and carefully selected by God for a specific purpose in mind?

If you look at individuals who are selected personally for a job or an organization, these people are very special and are at the top of their game. These individuals have gone through extensive training, and have a lot to offer the company versus someone who was randomly chosen for a job.

Your path in life is not one that everyone else around you has taken. Your path may have seemed harder, longer, and full of disappointments. All of this you have gone through was to make you special, and specifically designed you for a unique assignment.

I have good news for you. You are being carefully looked over and picked out of millions to be used for a specific purpose. Your skills and talents are getting ready to be used.

Think about it: You are handpicked!