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Morning and Evening

March 11, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Thou shalt be called, Sought out." — Isaiah 62:12 · KJV

The surpassing grace of God is seen very clearly in that we were not merely sought, but sought out. Men seek for a thing lost on the floor of the house, but in such a case there is only seeking, not seeking out. The loss is more perplexing, and the search more persevering, when a thing must be sought out. We were mingled with the mire; we were as when some precious piece of gold falls into the sewer, and men gather out and carefully sift a mass of foul filth, stirring and raking and searching through the heap until the treasure is found. Or, to use another figure, we were lost in a labyrinth; we wandered here and there, and when mercy came after us with the gospel, it did not find us at its first coming — it had to search for us and seek us out; for we, like lost sheep, were so desperately lost, and had wandered into so strange a country, that it did not seem possible even the Good Shepherd could track our winding roamings. Glory be to unconquerable grace, we were sought out! No gloom could hide us, no filthiness could conceal us; we were found and brought home. Glory be to infinite love, God the Holy Spirit restored us! The lives of some of God's people, if they could be written, would fill us with holy astonishment; strange and marvelous were the ways God used in their case to find His own. Blessed be His name, He never gives up the search until the chosen are effectually sought out. They are not a people sought today and cast away tomorrow. Almightiness and wisdom combined will make no failures; they shall be called, "Sought out!" That any should be sought out is matchless grace; that we should be sought out is grace beyond degree! We can find no reason for it but God's own sovereign love, and can only lift up our heart in wonder, and praise the Lord that this night we wear the name of "Sought out."