Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 43:7

"every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made." — Isaiah 43:7 (ASV)

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Three expressions are here used concerning the man who is called by God's name. First, "I have created him" – made him out of nothing. Then, "I have formed him" – fashioned him, made him into his proper shape. The last sentence may be read, "Yea, I have completed him." When God begins his work in us, we are in the rough; as he goes on working in us, we gradually take the form of his dear Son; and eventually he will complete us, and then we shall wake up in his likeness. Blessed be his name for this!

for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

And God will be glorified in his people; the object of their creation is the glory of their God, and that end shall, somehow or other, be answered in the Lord's good time. Now I want you to notice the other side of the question. God says, in the twenty-first verse, –