As I continue sharing through my I Choose Today podcast series on identity in Christ, one truth keeps surfacing that feels both tender and deeply needed: we don’t just belong to God — we are chosen and known by Him. After learning to receive identity and lay down striving, a quieter question often rises in our hearts: Do I really belong? Am I actually wanted? Not just forgiven. Not just included. But wanted. Psalm 139 reminds us that God’s knowledge of us is personal, not distant. “You have searched me, Lord, and You know me.” He knows the parts we celebrate, the parts we hide, and the parts still healing, and His knowing is not followed by rejection, but by nearness. We often live as though God is discovering who we are in real time, surprised by our failures and impressed by our good days. But Scripture shows something different. We were fully known before we ever tried to be impressive. Ephesians 1 tells us that God “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world… in love.” Before we prayed a prayer. Before we cleaned up our lives. Before we understood theology. Chosen. Not randomly. Not accidentally. Not