December 7

“Surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.” Isaiah 49:4

Our Lord Jesus is never discouraged. He was sent here to bring Jacob again to God, to gather Israel to him; but with what result? He did not appear to have been successful. Indeed. by man’s estimate, he was totally defeated, for Jacob did not return to God. Israel did not accept him. Instead, the Jews rejected Jesus and slew him as a criminal.

Had we to live on earth rejected by men and apparently fruitless in service, it is more than likely that we should become aggrieved and cry out for justice. Not so the Lord. He had committed himself to the Father, and neither gain nor loss was able to touch him. He was careful about one thing only: to leave the vindication and the reward to the Father. If our justice is safe with God, our recompense from him is also sure.