I want to share today's selection for My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers!
. . . the Lord Jesus . . . has sent me that you may receive your sight . . . —Acts 9:17
When Paul received his sight, he also received spiritual insight into the Person of Jesus Christ. His entire life and preaching from that point on were totally consumed with nothing but Jesus Christ— “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul never again allowed anything to attract and hold the attention of his mind and soul except the face of Jesus Christ.
We must learn to maintain a strong degree of character in our lives, even to the level that has been revealed in our vision of Jesus Christ.
The lasting characteristic of a spiritual man is the ability to understand correctly the meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ in his life, and the ability to explain the purposes of God to others. The overruling passion of his life is Jesus Christ. Whenever you see this quality in a person, you get the feeling that he is truly a man after God’s own heart (see Acts 13:22).
Never allow anything to divert you from your insight into Jesus Christ. It is the true test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for you. Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus, I’ve lost sight of all beside, So enchained my spirit’s vision, Gazing on the Crucified.
I also remember that Smith Wigglesworth would not allow even a newspaper to come into his home! He so desired to guard his heart from ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that the enemy would try to use to distract him from the goal that God had set before him! We are all free to make, or NOT to make, that same committment! How much do your RE ALLY want to know Him? As the saying goes, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating"! What will YOUR life "taste like"? As for me and my house, WE will serve, seek, obey, speak to and about, praise and worship the LORD of all lords and the KING of all kings! AMEN! Here is another new song from the Zion album by Hillsong United called "Up In Arms":
Shalom in Him!
