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C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional

Saturday May 17, 2025

"Thou art My servant; I have chosen thee."-Isaiah 41:9

If we have received the grace of God in our hearts, its practical effect has been to make us God's servants. We may be unfaithful servants, we certainly are unprofitable ones, but yet, blessed be His name, we are His servants, wearing His livery, feeding at His table, and obeying His commands. We were once the servants of sin, but He who made us free has now taken us into His family and taught us obedience to His will. We do not serve our Master perfectly, but we would if we could. As we hear God's voice saying unto us, "Thou art My servant," we can answer with David, "I am thy servant; Thou hast loosed my bonds." But the Lord calls us not only His servants, but His chosen ones-"I have chosen thee." We have not chosen Him first, but He hath chosen us. If we be God's servants, we were not always so; to sovereign grace the change must be ascribed. The eye of sovereignty singled us out, and the voice of unchanging grace declared, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love." Long ere time began or space was created God had written upon His heart the names of His elect people, had predestinated them to be conformed unto the image of His Son, and ordained them heirs of all the fulness of His love, His grace, and His glory. What comfort is here! Has the Lord loved us so long, and will He yet cast us away? He knew how stiffnecked we should be, He understood that our hearts were evil, and yet He made the choice. Ah! our Saviour is no fickle lover. He doth not feel enchanted for awhile with some gleams of beauty from His church's eye, and then afterwards cast her off because of her unfaithfulness. Nay, He married her in old eternity; and it is written of Jehovah, "He hateth putting away." The eternal choice is a bond upon our gratitude and upon His faithfulness which neither can disown.

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Monday, April 9, 2012

What am I doing????....

Hi to all my wonderful followers. I'm sorry I've been scarce here of late. Thought I'd better pop in and let you all know I am still kicking but this is what is taking my time of late.....

Yep you got it I'm studying to take one of two teacher's exams......

I've been out of the loop you might say because I've been homeschooling my girls the last 18 years. Well..... Now I'm having to prepare for my future. ;P my baby graduates next May 2013 so I'm trying to get back into the real world of work which is requiring me to take some tests since I've been out of the loop. SSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO with that said, I better get crackin' the books again. and know that I'll post when I can but for the next three weeks it will only be out of necessity of those reviews that I committed to.