God is always choosing people.

First impressions aside, God is not primarily choosing them for a role or task, although it might appear that way. God is really choosing them to be God’s self in the world, each in his or her unique situation.

If they allow themselves to experience being chosen, being a beloved, being somehow God’s presence in the world, they invariably communicate that same chosenness to others, almost naturally. And thus the Mystery passes on from age to age.

Yes, we do have roles and tasks in this world, but finally they are all the same, to uniquely be divine love in a way that no one else can or will. 

Fr. Richard Rohr, All Things Hidden