Philippians 1: 6  "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus."

I am reading a book of Spurgeon's  communion addresses.  This morning I have been reading a portion of the sermon titled "Redeemed souls freed from Fear" based on the verse in Isaiah 43:1 "Fear not: for I have redeemed thee."   Spurgeon writes about how the fact that we have been redeemed by the sacrifice of the Beloved Son, means that He has redeemed us out of trouble, out of poverty,  and out of our sense of insignificance.   It is in our sense of personal insignificance that we are troubled, Spurgeon writes.  We think we are too small for God to think about.  But we are mistaken!

"I believe that our greatest miseries spring from those little worries which we hesitate to bring to our heavenly Father. Our gracious God puts and end to all such thoughts as these by saying, 'Fear not: for I have redeemed thee.' 

You are not of such small account as you suppose. 

The Lord would never be wasteful of His sacred expenditure.  He bought you with a price, and therefore He sets great store by you.

Listen to what the Lord says, 'Since thou wast precious in My sight, thous hast been honorable , and I have loved thee: therefore I will give men for thee, and people for they life.' 

 It is amazing that the Lord should think so much of us as to give Jesus for us. .. Know ye not that His only-begotten Son entered the world, and became a man? The man Christ Jesus has a name at which every knee shall bow, and He is so dear to the Father, that for His sake, His chosen ones are accepted, and are made to enjoy free access to Him." 

It is because of His great love for us that God sent His son to die for us. Spurgeon writes that God not only foreknew us, but He predestinated us "to be conformed to the image of His Son."  He called us, He justified us, and He glorified us..  "There is no going back on the part of God, and consequently His redemption will redeem, and in redoing it will secure us all things."  And, wonderfully, " We have been bought with too great a price for our Redeemer to let us slip." 

What blessing and grace and joy we have in our Lord Jesus, our Redeemer, and in our Heavenly Father who began a good work in us and WILL perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." 

Praise to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit who leads us into the Truth. 

Amen.