Wednesday September 16th, 2026
« As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated” »
10 This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins.
11 But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes;
12 He calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, “Your older son will serve your younger son.”
13 In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”
14 Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not!
15 For God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”
16 So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.
When you look at the Apostles of the Lord, you will see that there were twelve of them,
but there were three in the inner circle and there was one who was called ‘The Beloved’.
- The three in the inner circle were the favourites of Jesus Christ and He took them with Him everywhere He went.
When He was going to Jairus’ house, He had all the twelve disciples with Him,
but it was only those three who He took into the room, Mark 5:35-42.
Peter, James and John saw His power; they saw Him raise the little girl from death while the others only heard about it.
Jesus revealed the identity of the disciple who would betray Him because John whom He loved specially asked Him, John 13:23-26.
Why did the Lord have a special inner circle amongst His disciples and why did He love one of them specially?
Well, the simple answer is that God has favourites.
Many people say that God has no favorites.
This is not true.
The question you should be asking therefore is,
“How do I become one of His favourites?”
When you read Romans 9:11-16, the Bible says a woman was pregnant with a set of twins.
Before they were born, God said the elder would serve the younger,
that He loved one and hated the other, even when they were not yet born.
He said He would have mercy on whom He will have mercy and compassion on whom He would have compassion.
It depends not on human will or exertion, but of the Lord who shows mercy. In Acts 10:34-35GWT, the Bible says
« Then Peter said, “Now I understand that God doesn’t play favorites. Rather, whoever respects God and does what is right is acceptable to Him in any nation »
This passage makes me see clearly that God looks out for certain things in people before He makes them His favourites.
I took a close look at Peter, James and John – Jesus’ inner circle.
Peter and John especially, because it wasn’t long after Jesus’ ascension that James was killed.
I will share what I learnt from these two with you in the next two days.
Prayer focus – Father, even if You will only pick one person as Your favourite, please let it be me.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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