Isaiah 41:9. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
May the Lord just now say that to each one of you who are his servants! Especially, may he say the latter part of it, "I have not cast thee away"! Many times, he might have done so if he had dealt with us according to our deserts. "Dismiss me not thy service, Lord," is a prayer we ought often to put up, for, in that service, we are far from perfect. I think I speak for all sane Christians; - I do not undertake to speak for certain insane ones that abound at this time, - but I believe that all sane servants of the Lord confess that they are such poor servants that their wonder is that they have not been dismissed from his service. Yet it is sweet to hear him say, "I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away."
Isaiah 41:9. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
May the Lord just now say that to each one of you who are his servants! Especially, may he say the latter part of it, "I have not cast thee away"! Many times, he might have done so if he had dealt with us according to our deserts. "Dismiss me not thy service, Lord," is a prayer we ought often to put up, for, in that service, we are far from perfect. I think I speak for all sane Christians; - I do not undertake to speak for certain insane ones that abound at this time, - but I believe that all sane servants of the Lord confess that they are such poor servants that their wonder is that they have not been dismissed from his service. Yet it is sweet to hear him say, "I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away."