Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 61:6

"But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves." — Isaiah 61:6 (ASV)

Men shall call you the Ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.

God's chosen people are his children; all the rest of mankind are only his servants, and the servants must serve the children whether they like it or not. Even of the angels in heaven it is written, Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? All things are the servants of the man who is the servant of God. He who is consecrated to God shall find all things consecrated to him. When all that is yours works for God, then all things shall work together for good for you.

Men shall call you ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

For all things are of God, and all things are yours through Jesus Christ.

In that same day in which the Lord comforts mourners and binds up their broken hearts, he gives them to enter into a sacred priesthood, in which they walk among men as God’s special people—honoured above all the rest of mankind.

Oh! the distinctions which distinguishing grace makes! How it lifts the poor from the dunghill and sets him among princes, even the princes of his people!

Christ has done great things, indeed, for us, for though we were as beggars, behold, he has made us kings and priests unto God, and we shall reign for ever and ever.