I LOVE today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers! Here is a portion of it:
Abide in Me . . . —John 15:4
In the
matter of determination. The Spirit
of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I then
have to build my thinking patiently to bring it into perfect harmony with my
Lord. God will not make me think like Jesus— I have to do it myself. I have to
bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians
10:5). “Abide in Me”— in intellectual matters, in money matters, in
every one of the matters that make human life what it is. Our lives are not
made up of only one neatly confined area.
....... It does not matter what my circumstances are. I can be
as much assured of abiding in Jesus in any one of them as I am in any prayer
meeting. It is unnecessary to change and arrange my circumstances myself. Our
Lord’s inner abiding was pure and unblemished. He was at home with God wherever
His body was. He never chose His own circumstances, but was meek, submitting to
His Father’s plans and directions for Him. ......
Think of the things that take you out of the position of abiding in
Christ. You say, “Yes, Lord, just a minute— I still have this to do. Yes, I
will abide as soon as this is finished, or as soon as this week is over. It
will be all right, Lord. I will abide then.” Get moving—
begin to abide now. In the initial stages it will
be a continual effort to abide, but as you continue, it will become so much a
part of your life that you will abide in Him without any conscious effort. Make
the determination to abide in Jesus wherever you are now or wherever you may be
placed in the future.
AMEN! Make intimate fellowship with the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible your #1 priority of each day and all of the rest of your day will be fruitful and every productive! COUNT on it! AMEN! Here is a great new song by Hillsong Young and Free called "Sinking Deep":
Shalom in Him!
