Oswald Chamber's My Utmost for His Highest; March 11. Oh snap!
Oh man! This is super convicting. I tried to paraphrase or pull quotes but I couldn't. I am so convicted by these words. How much do I really pray about what I will do whether it is daily or long term. Even when I know something is what I'm supposed to do, often I hijack it and try to do it my way. I'm thankful that every day is a new day and God's mercy is new every morning.
If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible - not God . We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest - our best for His glory. This can be accomplished only when we make determination to continually remember God's vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life - sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer public meetings.
"Though it tarries, wait for it..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get cought up in practical busy - work, only to miss the fulfillment vision.
Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through whilwind of his storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no see inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1John 1:7).
Leave it to Oswald.
If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible - not God . We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest - our best for His glory. This can be accomplished only when we make determination to continually remember God's vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life - sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer public meetings.
"Though it tarries, wait for it..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get cought up in practical busy - work, only to miss the fulfillment vision.
Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through whilwind of his storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no see inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1John 1:7).
Leave it to Oswald.
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