“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend — I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are My servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.” Isaiah 41:8-9 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/isa.41.8-9.hcsb

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“But you My servant who I have chosen my friend - I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from the farthest corners. I said to you: you are My servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.”


What a great truth from God! He choose you and me and everyone to serve Him. It does not matter your age, your nationality, your gender he made you and welcomes you into His kingdom. If your feeling rejected repent and return back to God. He is our refuge. 



“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”

Psalms 9:9 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/psa.9.9.hcsb


God does not reject anyone but he will welcome everyone. It is up to us to want to serve and trust God. 


“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.”

John 15:19 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.15.19.hcsb


“On that day” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts — “I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, My servant” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.”

Haggai 2:23 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/hag.2.23.hcsb


“Seek the Lord while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will freely forgive. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.” You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”

Isaiah 55:6-12 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/isa.55.6-12.hcsb


“If they had really stood in My council, they would have enabled My people to hear My words and would have turned them back from their evil ways and their evil deeds. “Am I a God who is only near” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and not a God who is far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him? ” — the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? ” — the Lord’s declaration.”

Jeremiah 23:22-24 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/jer.23.22-24.hcsb


“For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place. For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “I will restore you to the place I deported you from.””

Jeremiah 29:10-14 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/jer.29.10-14.hcsb


If you find yourself in a place of bondage and captivity know this: God still has a plan for you! He has a future for you! “I have chosen you”, declares God!

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