April 5
NOT FORGOTTEN
"Thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be for gotten of me"
Isa. 44:21
Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them.
He chose them not for a time, but for ever. He knew what they would be
when He called them into the divine family. He blots out their sins
like a cloud; and we may be sure that He will not turn them out of
doors for iniquities which He has blotted out. It would be blasphemy
to imagine such a thing.
He will not forget them so as to cease to think of them. One
forgetful moment on the part of our God would be our ruin. Therefore
He says: "Thou shalt not be forgotten of me." Men forget us: those
whom we have benefited turn against us: we have no abiding place in
the fickle hearts of men; but God will never forget one of His true
servants. He binds Himself to us not by what we do for Him, but by
what He has done for us. We have been loved too long, and bought at
too great a price to be now forgotten. Jesus sees in us His soul's
travail, and that He never can forget. The Father sees in us the
spouse of His Son, and the Spirit sees in us His own effectual work.
The Lord thinketh upon us. This day we shall be succored and
sustained. Oh, that the Lord may never be forgotten of us!