The Shepherd has not forgotten you

“In that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble the lame and gather the outcasts, even those whom I have afflicted." Micah 4:6 (NASB)

Let those I have spoken of hear the word of promise, “I will gather those whom I have afflicted,” for when God, Himself, gives the affliction, He will bring His servant through and glorify Himself thereby. To close, let us regard this promise, “I will gather her,” as meaning, “I will gather My tried ones into the fellowship of the church. I will bring My scattered sheep near to Me.” The Lord Jesus will gather His dear people into fellowship with Himself. “I will gather them every day around My mercy seat. I will gather them, by and by, on the other side of Jordan, on those verdant hilltops where the Lamb shall forever feed His flock and lead them to living fountains of waters.” Poor, tried, lame, afflicted, limping soul, the shepherd has not forgotten you! He will gather all His sheep and they shall pass again under the hands of Him that counts them—there shall not be one missing! I cannot make out how some of my brothers think that the Lord will lose some of His people—that there are some whom Jesus has bought with His blood who will get lost on the way to heaven! It is an unhappy shepherd who finds some of his flock devoured by the wolf, but our shepherd will never be in that strait with His sheep. He says, “I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” What do you say to that, you limping ones? What do you say to that, you, the last of all? He has given eternal life to you as much as to the strongest of the flock and you shall never perish, neither shall any pluck you out of His hand! He will gather you with the rest of His sheep. 

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock #3201, Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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