Jan. 12
"LOVE UNTO THE END"
"For the Lord will not cast off for ever." Lam. 3:31
He may cast away for a season, but not for ever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will
not forget them, nor throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the
Lord to cast off those whom He loves: for, "having loved his own which
were in the world, he loved them unto the end." Some talk of our being
in grace and out of it, as if we were like rabbits that run in and out
of their burrows: but, indeed, it is not so. The Lord's love is a far
more serious and abiding matter than this.
He chose us from eternity, and He will love us throughout eternity.
He loved us so as to die for us, and we may therefore be sure that His
love will never die. His honor is so wrapped up in the salvation of
the believer, that He can no more cast him off than He can cast off
His own robes of office as King of glory. No, no! The Lord Jesus, as a
Head, never casts off His members; as a Husband, He never casts off
His bride.
Did you think you were cast off? Why did you think so evil of the
Lord who has betrothed you to Himself? Cast off such thoughts, and
never let them lodge in your soul again. "The Lord hath not cast away
his people which he foreknew" ( Rom. 11:2 ). "He hateth putting away"
( Mal. 2:16 ).