You received the gift for some reason of circumstance that probably has nothing to do with what a great person you are. So did I. Like Jacob and Esau; God loved Jacob and hated Esau. He didn’t hate Esau in the way people hate one another for cause (or for no cause). He “hated” Esau in that Esau was, for whatever reason, not His choice to carry on the bloodline of Abraham. That doesn’t mean there was anything wrong with Esau at all, but more likely that God, in His foreknowledge, saw that Esau was simply the wrong choice. Maybe his descendents would reject Him even more than Israel did. Maybe they wouldn’t end up producing a couple like Mary and Joseph who would be the earthly parents to Jesus that He had need of. We don’t know that, but God for some reason having nothing to do with the relative moral fiber or other merit of Jacob and Esau, saw Jacob as fit for His purposes and not Esau. Jacob had nothing to brag about (just read about his life!) and Esau had no more reason for shame than Jacob had.
Likewise, God has chosen you and He has chosen me and the others who’ve seen this blessed hope to have this knowledge now. Why? Who knows? It isn’t for merit. We just happened to be sitting on the right square of the chessboard and have the ability to move in the particular direction He needs to move us. Should the knight brag because it is a knight? Did it do anything to make it worthy to be a knight? Did its merit cause the chess game to progress in a way that would make its particular ability relevant? I think that’s kind of our situation. We got it because we happen to be in a position to be useful, or for our children to be useful, or our associates with whom we’ve shared, or perhaps just as a particular mercy to us, to alleviate pain that might otherwise become unbearable. We honestly have no reason to boast.