God has chosen His friends from the foundation of the earth. He has chosen His people to go and bear fruit. We live in an age of much disbelief, but God has chosen His people that they may bear fruit that may abide. We need to remember and see God working within us and among us. We need to have confidence that God is still moving and working around us. It should be seen in our prayers as we ask God, with confidence, for Him to work. We need to see the love of God, so that we might follow that love in our relationships with each other.