Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Shalom,

I really like today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers, AFTER I read it through twice! Let's look at it:

Something More About His Ways

When Jesus had made an end of commanding his disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. — Matthew 11:1

He comes where He commands us to leave. If when God said “Go,” you stayed, because you were so concerned about your people at home, you robbed them of the teaching and preaching of Jesus Christ Himself. When you obeyed and left all consequences to God, the Lord went into your city to teach; as long as you would not obey, you were in the way. Watch where you begin to debate and to put what you call duty in competition with your Lord’s commands. “I know He told me to go, but then my duty was here;” that means you do not believe that Jesus means what He says.

He teaches where He instructs us not to. “Master,…let us make three tabernacles.” Are we playing the spiritual amateur providence in other lives? Are we so noisy in our instruction of others that God cannot get anywhere near them? We have to keep our mouths shut and our spirits alert. God wants to instruct us in regard to His Son, He wants to turn our times of prayer into mounts of transfiguration, and we will not let Him. When we are certain of the way God is going to work, He will never work in that way any more.

He works where He sends us to wait. “Tarry ye…until…” Wait on God and He will work, but don’t wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our own spiritual hysterics to wait on God? To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.

These are phases of His ways we rarely recognize.

This is just another way of saying two things:
  1. Cast your care on the LORD because HE cares for YOU! or "Let go and LET GOD!"
  2. Obedience is better than sacrifice! 
I LOVE that when I do what HE tells me to do, then HE will take care of all of those things that concern me! This means my own life, my family and loved ones, my job, my interests and anything and everything that concerns me! The other side of this is that when I refuse to obey HIM, then He CANNOT get involved in the things that concern me. I tie His hands when I refuse the leading and direction of Holy Spirit! Remember, His eyes are continually RUNNING  to and fro (2 Corinthians 16:9) throughout the entire earth to set up those situations and circumstances that will cause ME to walk in the fullness of LIFE that He desires me to walk in (John 10:10 AMP)! HALLELUJAH!  Here is Hillsong Worship with "Look To The Son":



Shalom in Him!