“You did not choose me, but I chose you” [John 15:16(RAV)]

“You did not choose me, but I chose you”. Jesus chose to call His disciples. As far as we know, all the twelve whom He called responded positively.
It was not an open invitation but a specific one. Jesus came to James and John mending their nets, Peter and Andrew casting their net and Matthew sitting at the collector’s booth.
This does serve to show us the great honour that is ours when we hear Him calling us to follow Him. We may later testify that we decided to follow Jesus and so we did. The greater and wonderful thing is that He called us.
There are those who do not seem to hear His voice; others do not appreciate He is calling them personally. It must be a personal step – hearing His voice, acting in obedience and then walking with Him.