Day 204 - A Faithful Few

Daily Reading:  Isaiah 49-51

49:1-7 Footnote:  Before the servant, the Messiah, was born, God had chosen him to bring the light of the gospel to the world.  Christ offered salvation to all nations, and his apostles began the missionary movement to take his gospel to the ends of the earth.  Missionary work today continues Jesus' Great Commission, taking the light of the gospel to all nations.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness

and who seek the Lord:

Look to the rock from which you were cut

and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

look to Abraham, your father,

and to Sarah, who gave you birth.

When I called him he was but one,

and I blessed him and made him many.

Isaiah 51:1-2

Footnote:  The faithful remnant may have felt alone because they were few.  But God reminded them of their ancestors, the source of their spiritual heritage -- Abraham and Sarah.  Araham was only one person, but much came from his faithfulness.  If the faithful few would remain faithful, even more could come from them.  If we Christians, even a faithful few, remain faithful, think what God can do through us!

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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV