Spurgeon. Isaiah 41:9. You Are A Chosen Servant Of God.

If I have received the grace of God him my heart, it's practical effect is to make me His servant - the same applies to you. We may be unfaithful servants, we certainly are servants who fail to profit God much, but yet, blessed be His name, we are His servants. We are His servants wearing His royal clothes and feeding at His royal table, doing our best to obey His commands. We who were once servants of sin have been set free and taken into His family and are being conformed into the image of God the Son. We do not serve our Master perfectly, because of our old sinful nature that remains until that day. As we hear the Lord saying to us, "you are my servants" we reply with old king David, "I am your servant because you have set me free."

Notice that God our Creator does not just call His Church His servants, He calls us His chosen servants. He has chosen us. We did not choose Him first, He chose us and then in response we chose Him. The eye of His sovereignty singled you out, and the voice of His unchanging grace declared, "I have loved you with an everlasting love." This may sound crazy, but long before time or space began, God had written the names of His elect people on His heart. This fact could make us become proud, but it shouldn't because we are reminded daily how broken we are and so how desperately we need His mercy. This may also make us question Gods fairness calling God unfair, then we are reminded that the Lord is the infinite Creator and we are small limited creation and so while we must and can question and we will and do find many answers, our understanding is very limited. People who say we will know all or should understand all are arrogant and their fall will come soon. We have been chosen to be conformed to the image of the Son and have been called heirs of all the fullness of His love, His grace and His glory. How amazing is this. He knew how stiff necked we as His servants are and yet He still choose us and is working in us to loosen our necks so that we can serve Him more effectively. What a Saviour He is! He does not look at us for one moment and then cast us asside. He walks into our ugly state and promises to never leave us, making us more and more beautiful as the decades move on. He became our bridegroom and we became His bride from eternity. He remains faithful and we remain grateful as we serve Him as His chosen servants.