Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 41:9

"thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;" — Isaiah 41:9 (ASV)

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

To many here this verse will come home very sweetly. God is your God, and you are God's servants. He has chosen you; he will never repent of his choice; his election is never changed. I have Chosen thee, and not cast thee away; and you have chosen him, and you will not cast him away. By his grace, you will never leave your God, nor forsake the ways of Christ. May his mercy keep you faithful, even to the end!

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from its chief men, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.

May the Lord just now say that to each one of you who are his servants! Especially, may he say the latter part of it, I have not cast you away! Many times, he might have done so if he had dealt with us according to what we deserve.

"Dismiss me not from your service, Lord," is a prayer we should often offer, for, in that service, we are far from perfect.

I think I speak for all sane Christians – I do not undertake to speak for certain insane ones that abound at this time – but I believe that all sane servants of the Lord confess that they are such poor servants that their wonder is that they have not been dismissed from his service.

Yet it is sweet to hear him say, I have chosen you, and not cast you away.