July 7

Hath God cast away His people? God forbid. — Rom 11:1

God never casts off any one. His love never fails.

Sometimes people speak as if He had cast off the Jewish people, but He did not – He never did. The trouble was that they cast God off. Yet even at the darkest hour there was a remnant of them who were faithful and received the blessing.

God never fails in His promises. His word is “The mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but My loving kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall My covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.” This covenant of peace never has been broken with any one who trusted in God.

But there are two parties to every covenant. God’s promises are conditioned on our obedience. If we fail in our part, it is we who break the covenant. Then when the blessings promised do not come, we cannot say God has forgotten us.

The truth is, we have forsaken God, and the blessings of His love have been withdrawn because we have rejected them.