And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. – Isaiah 66:21
Suppose it should ever come to this, as some say it will, that the churches, many of them, should desert the old truths, and the ministers become dumb dogs that cannot bark, and one by one their testimony should be silent, and every candlestick should be taken out of its place, and the whole head should be sick, and the whole heart faint, and Zion be under a cloud, and there should be none to help her, and none to lift up the banner for the truth? What then? Why, then God would arise, and take again from the fishermen in their boats new apostles, and from the lowest dens of iniquity, and the worst haunts of vice, from the saloons of frivolity where the rich resort, and from the chambers of commerce and the palaces of merchandise where buyers and sellers make their contracts, He would take a fresh staff of men. Out of the roughest material He can make the finest fabric, out of the newest recruits He can raise the noblest regiment to show forth His praise, to do His work, and to secure victory for His cause. If some were unworthy holders of His vineyard, and brought Him no revenue, He would put aside these wicked men, and send forth fresh laborers, and give His vineyard unto others, for He will get glory unto His name; He “will take of them for priests and for Levites.” Never say it is a dark day; never say God has forgotten His church; never give way to despairing fits, and dream of horrible times coming, that yet are not to come. Verily, “all flesh shall see the salvation of God,” and the glory of God shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. He shall arise and have mercy upon Zion; He will build up her walls, heal all her breaches, and once again shall she be the joy of the whole earth. Take heart and comfort, God can find His servants anywhere. Omnipotence hath instruments where we see them not. He “will take of them for priests and for Levites.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon
https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/0992.cfm
This message I find so interesting, and I find it such for good reason. I over the last month have been laid up, beginning with a week in Hospital. I have blogged not at all during that time; yet God had for some reason purposed to turbocharge the blog He had assigned to me. It has been amazing to watch, but it reveals that in the end He needs no man to do His work. In fact in Revelation He tells us that in the end His Angel will preach the gospel during the Tribulation.
The views of the blog I’m charged with, in just (1 and 1/2 months) far exceed all of last years total visitation stats; and it’s all God, I have contributed nothing. Our God is amazing. Spurgeon is right when all the preachers fade away; God will raise up His own army. Jesus had said: should these people not praise me, God Himself would cause the very rocks to praise Him.
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Amen! The churches today aren’t as they should be, but God is raising up the youth who are wanting the old paths. I pray they find them. He may have led some of them your way.
God is so good to us, amen! May He continue to bless you in all that you do for His kingdom, by His power and for His glory, amen!
My prayers for your complete healing, Jerry. 😔🙏☝
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Sherry, appreciate your work so much.
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