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Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 2022-05-17

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May 17th — Evening Reading
"You are My servant; I have chosen you." — 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, still, praise the Lord, we are His servants, wearing His uniform, 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 to respect His will. 
We do not serve our Master perfectly, but we would if we could. As we hear God's voice saying unto us, "You are My servant," we can answer as king David, "I am your servant; You have set me free from sin." 



Our Lord calls us not only servants but also His chosen ones-
"I have chosen you." 
We have not chosen Him first, but He has chosen us. If we be God's servants, we were not always so; to supreme grace the change must be made.  
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The eye of power singled us out, and the voice of unchanging grace declared, "I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Long before time began or space was created God chose us to be conformed unto the image of His Son and ordained us 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 if so, would He cast us away? He knew how stiff-necked and proud we would be, He understood that our hearts were evil, but He made the choice. Ah! our Savior is no fickle lover. He does not feel enchanted for a while 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 hates putting away." The eternal choice is a bond upon our gratitude and upon His faithfulness which neither can disown.

Edited by Tammy Nichols on 05/17/22 for easy reading on the Real Southern Woman vlog.