Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is SUCH an important message. Because of the outdated way of speaking, we will not 'get' this unless we mediate on it and allow Holy Spirit, Who IS our Teacher, show us exactly what HE means for us to k now!
The Viewpoint
Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in
Christ. — 2 Corinthians 2:14
The viewpoint of a worker for God must not be as near the
highest as he can get, it must be the highest. Be careful to maintain
strenuously God’s point of view, it has to be done every day, bit by bit; don’t
think on the finite. No outside power can touch the viewpoint.
The viewpoint to maintain is that we are here for one
purpose only, viz., to be captives in the train of Christ’s triumphs. We are
not in God’s showroom, we are here to exhibit one thing — the absolute
captivity of our lives to Jesus Christ. How small the other points of view are
— “I am standing alone battling for Jesus”; “I have to maintain the cause of
Christ and hold this fort for Him.” Paul says — “I am in the train of a
conqueror, and it does not matter what the difficulties are, I am always led in
triumph.” Is this idea being worked out practically in us? Paul’s secret joy
was that God took him, a red-handed rebel against Jesus Christ, and made him a
captive, and now that is all he is here for. Paul’s joy was to be a captive of
the Lord, he had no other interest in heaven or in earth. It is a shameful
thing for a Christian to talk about getting the victory. The Victor ought to
have got us so completely that it is His victory all the time, and we are more
than conquerors through Him. “For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ.” We
are enwheeled with the odour of Jesus, and wherever we go we are a wonderful
refreshment to God.
AMEN! What a tremendous blessing to know that God is NOT expecting us to fight the battle, but to show forth HIS VICTORY! He has already defeated satan! Now He is waiting for US to realize this and enforce HIS VICTORY by standing on His Word and EXPECTING it to come to pass! After all, faith is simply believing that if God said it, IT IS TRUTH! He cannot lie! So, let's stop struggling to GET and answer and start rejoicing that we already have it! Remember:"You can know what God will do! What He says in His Word, He will do for you"! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
