Christ’s Preserved People

Christ’s Preserved People

Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Isaiah 46:4

Christ is the Great Preserver of His people. The text before us is His Divine Promise to ‘the remnant of the house of Israel.’ We need not fear to appropriate such a promise to ourselves. There are others we could cite from the New Testament which connect the idea as it relates to all the Blood-bought people of God from every age. For our present purpose, we will make use of this text because of its pointed emphasis upon the Character and Faithfulness of God to preserve His people. We will take some time over the next few days to ‘unpack’ the text and consider it in its’ various implications. For today, let us consider that this is Christ Who is speaking. We know this because He says, ‘I have made.’ If, ‘in the beginning was the Word…all things were made by Him,’ and, ‘the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,’ then this is Christ Who is making the Promise. We also see that it is Christ from the statement, ‘I Am He.’ The statement of Christ to His enemies was, ‘Before Abraham was, I Am.’ It is important as we consider this text over the next few days that we understand that Christ Himself undertakes the preservation of His people. Our Great Guardian is no less a person than Emmanuel Himself. He has been, is, and ever shall be the Great Preserver of His People, ‘world without end, Amen.’

Our Preserving and Protecting God,
we praise You that You are the Great Guardian of all Your people, in every age.
We rejoice that You will preserve us unto ‘Your Heavenly Kingdom,’
to the praise of Your Glory.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning