For the Next few days I’m going do something new and share one of my daily reads with everyone and some of what I get out of it, or I may just post the page. It is a a small Devotional book from Oswald Chambers called “My Utmost for His Highest.”
It is an extremely good read for the morning for me, I start out with it, than I continue to read in the word for my mornings as of right now.
Very great teaching and challenging thoughts from an amazing man.
Feel free to follow along and comment and even tell me what you got out of it yourself.
I would love feed back at the end of this quick series!
July 20th 2015
“Dependent On God’s Presence.”
“They that wait upon the Lord… shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest reach possible for strength. The word “walk” is used in the bible to express the character — “John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, behold the Lamb of God!” There is never anything abstract in the bible, it is always vivid and real. God does not say — Be spiritual, but — “Walk before me.”
When we are in an unhealthy state physically or emotionally, we always want thrills. In the physical domain this will lead to counterfeiting the Holy Ghost; in the emotional life it leads to inordinate affection and the destruction of morality; and in the spiritual domain if we insist on getting thrills, on mounting up with wings, it will end in destruction of spirituality.
The reality of God’s presence is not dependent on any place, but dependent upon the determination to set the Lord always before us. Our problems come when we refuse to bank on the reality of His presence. The experience the psalmist speaks of — “Therefore will we not fear, though…” will be ours when once we are based on Reality, not the consciousness of God’s presence but reality of it– Why, He has been here all the time!
At critical moments it is necessary to ask guidance, but it ought to be unnecessary to be saying always — “O Lord, direct me here and there.” Of course HE will! If our common sense decisions are not His order, He will press through them, and check; then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of HIS Presence.
My Thoughts:
Honestly, I want to say so much on this one, but over everything I just desire you to reread it and slower. I had to reread it about 4 times to get everything out of it.
(Or just could be because I’m a little slow on getting exactly what God is trying to say to me.)
It is so powerful and I just will leave it to do its work, and not add any of my words to this one!
Joseph III
Desperately Dependent 