Deuteronomy 7

"The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;  but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers" vv.7-8

Read chapter 7
Isn't it nice to know why we are chosen sometimes by friends, a spouse, a job, etc?  Especially when it's not because of who are parents are or older siblings but just simply because of who we are.  When to the world we're not the best fit but to God we are even when we can't understand it.  I always love the quote, 

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world."

So with the Israelites they were chosen to be a set apart, holy people to God from all the other nations of the world, and this was not because they were a great nation already for God made the promise to only one man, Abraham, before they even became a great nation.  And even Abraham's son Ishmael had twelve sons who all became kings over nations that always seemed to have been in the land before Israel ever was, they were advancing more quickly than Israel it seems; Israel was the least of all peoples.

They were chosen by God not because of anything they had done or deserved or any motive on their part but only because God loved them. Can you think of someone that has chosen you not because of anything you've done or deserved?  Is there someone you love not based on any standards other than love?  Do you realize God has that same love for you too?  He chose you not because of anything you did but because He loves you period.