He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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… Isaiah 48. You are my servant Israel in whom I will be glorified. Isaiah 49. I made the whole house of Israel cling to me, declares the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory. Jeremiah 13. I saved them for my name's sake. that they might make known my mighty power. Psalm 106. You are the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. And on and on and on. God chose a people not mountains or galaxies or natural revelation a people human beings who have the capacity to glorify God like nothing else can they have feelings they have minds God means to be glorified that way. The Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession, Psalm 135, which means he chose Israel for his glory, and specifically the glory of his grace. And then he spent 2,000 years mainly focusing on Israel with his revelatory word and his redemptive work. …
… that they might declare my praise, Isaiah 43. Your people shall be righteous, a branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified, Isaiah 60. You are my servant Israel, in whom I will be glorified, Isaiah 49. So there's the whole history of Israel, all of it designed for I will be glorified in my people. That's the goal. God will get glory. That is, he will be recognized and praised as infinitely beautiful, satisfying, great, worthy. Then the Messiah comes. and when he comes to the climax of his life in ministry, he's praying like this. Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose, I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name. and a voice came from heaven. I have glorified it and I will glorify it again. Jesus died to vindicate the righteousness of God in saving sinners. Jesus died to put the beauty of God's grace on the fullest possible display. …
"And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow of His hand has He hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver has He hid Me. " This undoubtedly refers to the Savior, for the passage proceeds—"And said unto me, you are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. And now, says the Lord that formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob again to Him, Though Israel is not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and My God shall be My strength. And He said, It is a light thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give You for a light to the Gentiles, that You may be My salvation unto the ends of the earth." Our Lord Jesus Christ was hidden away in the hand of Jehovah, to be used by Him as a polished shaft for the overthrow of His enemies and the victory of His people. Yet, inasmuch as it is declared of Christ, it is true also of all Christ's servants, since as He is, so are we, also, in this world. And to make quite sure of it, we have the same expression used in the 16th verse of the 51st Chapter, where, speaking of His people, He says, "I have covered you in the shadow of My hand." Is not this an excellent minister's text? Every one of you who will speak a word for Jesus shall have a share in it! This is where those who are workers for Christ should long to be—"in the shadow of His hand"—to achieve His eternal purpose! What are any of God's servants without their Lord but weapons out of the warrior's hand, having no power to do anything? We ought to be as arrows of the Lord which He shoots at His enemies! And so great is His hand of power and so little are we as His instruments, that He hides us away in the hollow of His hand, unseen until He darts us forth! As workers, we are to be hidden away in the hand of God, or to quote the other figure, "in His quiver has He hid me"—we are to be unseen till He uses us! It is impossible for us not to be known somewhat if the Lord uses us, but we may not aim at being noticed—on the contrary, if we are as much used as the very chief of the Apostles, we must truthfully add, "though I am nothing." Our desire should be that Christ should be glorified, and that self should be concealed. …