There is no doubt that whenever we have a choice, we would choose the best that is available.
And better still, if we have the means for it, then the choice would be nothing less than the best.
So from food, to clothing, to housing, to pets, to accessories and even to luxuries, it would be the best and no less.
When God wanted to choose a nation to be His people, there were many refined and cultured peoples that were available.
But God chose Israel, and what a surprise it was!
As Moses described his own people: they are a headstrong people. In fact, more than that, they were an unfaithful people, they would sin over and over again and put the Lord God to the test.
It would be easier to have just done away with the people of Israel and choose another nation who would be more obedient and faithful and easier to teach.
But as the Lord God proclaims of Himself - He is tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness, forgives faults, transgression and sin.
But He will let nothing go unchecked and will punish sin.
We are like the field in the gospel parable. We have wheat and weeds.
Yet God still chose us to be His children.
Let us be obedient and faithful to God. Let us turn away from sin and wrong doing so that we will shine like the sun in the kingdom of God.