The Lord never ceases to speak to me through my daily "My Utmost for His Highest" reading. Oswald Chambers had an amazing gift of communicating God's truths. This past week, there have been SO many things that have stood out and clearly spoken to me.
"Has the way in which you have been serving God betrayed you into exhaustion? If so, then rally your affections..... you have no right to say- "O Lord, I am so exhausted." He saved and sanctified you in order to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply comes from Him. "All my fresh springs shall be in Thee.""
This one tied in perfectly with the message at the Rock tonight, on the first few chapters of Acts.
"We do not consciously disobey God, we simply do not heed Him. God has given us His commands; there they are, but we do not pay any attention to them, not because of wilful disobedience but because we do not love and respect Him. "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
"When the Spirit of God comes He doesn't give us visions. He tells us to do the most ordinary things conceivable. Depression is apt to turn us away from the ordinary commonplace things of God's creation, but whenever God comes, the inspiration is to do the most natural simple things- the things we would never have imagined GOd was in, and as we do them we find He is there."
"Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. When we are getting into contact with God in order to find out wha tHe wants, dreaming is right; but when we are inclined to spend our time in dreaming over what we have been told to do, it is a bad thing and God's blessing is never on it..... Leave Him to be the source of all your dreams and joys and delights, and go out and obey what He has said. Dreaming after God has spoken is an indication that we do not trust Him."
2 comments:
Ah! I read this last night and totally loved it. Especially the last few lines. It was wonderfully convicting and challenging :)
Sarah, I came upon your blog through a series of other blogs. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit! What a blessing to see your passion for Christ. Girl, He will do great things through you!!
I love Oswald too! I go through My Utmost year after year after year! It is so wonderful to see the next generation drinking in the truths he has to share!
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