Christian reader, God says to you, "I have chosen you!" This is a great
mystery but it is a comforting truth. God does not tell
you WHY He chose you. He only tells you the simple fact. It is not for you to
question it, or to shrink from it but to receive it, and be
thankful.
God was free to love you — or free to loathe you.
He was free to choose you — or free to reject you.
God was free to love you — or free to loathe you.
He was free to choose you — or free to reject you.
He
says, "I have chosen you!" Believe what God says, and rejoice. "Before the
mountains were brought forth, before He had formed the earth and the world," God
had chosen you! "From everlasting to everlasting, He is God." From everlasting
to everlasting He loved, He chose, He delighted in His
people.
Fellow-sinner, if God says, "I have chosen you," He says it to encourage you; to strengthen you; to sanctify you; that you may rest upon the everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure, that you may look away from self, and see that salvation is altogether of the Lord.
Fellow-sinner, if God says, "I have chosen you," He says it to encourage you; to strengthen you; to sanctify you; that you may rest upon the everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure, that you may look away from self, and see that salvation is altogether of the Lord.
Fellow-sinner, you are loved in Christ; chosen in Christ; called in Christ; saved in Christ!
Here is your foundation; here your hope; here your safety — you were "chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world!"
This is to humble you — as well as to exalt you.
This is to make you weep — as well as cause you to rejoice.
You are vile in yourself — but chosen to indescribable honor!
You are poor in yourself — but chosen to unspeakable riches!
You are naked in yourself — but chosen to eternal glory!
Child of God, never lose your hold of this precious truth. God has revealed it, that you might delight in it. Let this be the brightest jewel in your crown, this the sweetest cordial to your heart, that God says to you, "Fear not, I have chosen you!"
Here is your foundation; here your hope; here your safety — you were "chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world!"
This is to humble you — as well as to exalt you.
This is to make you weep — as well as cause you to rejoice.
You are vile in yourself — but chosen to indescribable honor!
You are poor in yourself — but chosen to unspeakable riches!
You are naked in yourself — but chosen to eternal glory!
Child of God, never lose your hold of this precious truth. God has revealed it, that you might delight in it. Let this be the brightest jewel in your crown, this the sweetest cordial to your heart, that God says to you, "Fear not, I have chosen you!"
[George Mylne]
✞✞✞
Isaiah 41:9-10 ... 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. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
2 Timothy 1:9 ... Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Ephesians 1:4 ... According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: ❤
