I have chosen you by George Milne
fear not I have chosen you Isaiah 41 verses 9 and 10 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. 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. God chose you, not according
to your works, but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given you in Christ Jesus before the world began. 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 to 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 is the sweetest cordial
to your heart, that God says to you, fear not, I have chosen
you. As you sit at the feet of Jesus,
as you lay your mouth in the dust and cry, unclean, unclean,
as you take all the shame to yourself and give all the glory
to God, let this comfort delight your soul. God has said, fear
not, I have chosen you. God chose us, actually picked
us out for himself as his own in Christ before the foundation
of the world. Ephesians 1 verse 4.