God will not forsake His own.

1 Sa 12:22  For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

 Over and over God bolsters our faith with an assurance that He will never forsake us.  In this promise we are assured that God will not forsake His own people.  We are reminded that it pleased God to make us his people.  It was God’s doing to make us His people, not our initiative.  Therefore, God will never bring disgrace to His own name by forsaking His own people.  Take courage and faith, persevere, God will not forsake His own.