Had the Lord sent us forth to seek His elect, we might have gathered in some whom He rejects as unworthy, because we are unable to read the heart. This thought should make us very humble, gentle and meek toward all, and very trustful of the Lord, and very much inclined to look for His leading in respect to our labors as His servants, just as Samuel looked to the Lord in connection with the anointing of David.
The Lord makes glorious promises to those who seek Him as the chief object in their lives. He makes them His own, even His own sons, and this will be particularly manifested in the great day. With tender regard does He deal with them. No earthly father ever treated his children with greater leniency than Jehovah treats His children who delight to do His will.
Psa. 66:16; 56:8; Isa. 65:13, 14; Heb. 3:14; Psa. 135:4; John 17:6, 9, 10, 24; Isa. 62:3; Psa. 103:8-13; Song of Solomon 2:16; John 10:27-30; 1 Cor. 3:23; 6:20; Gal. 5:24; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Ex. 19:5; Deut. 7:6; Titus 2:14; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rom. 8:32; 2 Cor. 6:18; 1 John 3:1-3.
