Isaiah 53:1

Isaiah 53:1. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

It is sometimes the lot of God’s most faithful servants to labour unsuccessfully. As old Thomas Fuller quaintly says, "He maketh some to be as the clouds that empty their rain over Arabia the stony while others are pouring down their showers over Arabia the happy." Yet we are accepted with God, not according to our success, but according to our faithfulness. Still, no true minister of Christ can be contented unless men believe his report. It will be a matter for sighing and groaning if unbelief be the only answer to our earnest declarations concerning Christ.