Monday, August 4, 2014

Shalom,

There are many different resources that I use in my study of the Word of God. There are probably not any that I agree with completely, but I am ALWAYS inspired by people who take the Word of  God seriously! I really like this first part of today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:
Then He took unto Him the twelve. —Luke 18:31

The bravery of God in trusting us! You say – "But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing in me; I am not of any value." That is why He chose you. As long as you think there is something in you, He cannot choose you because you have ends of your own to serve; but if you have let Him bring you to the end of your self-sufficiency then He can choose you to go with Him to Jerusalem, and that will mean the fulfilment of purposes which He does not discuss with you.

We are apt to say that because a man has natural ability, therefore he will make a good Christian. It is not a question of our equipment but of our poverty, not of what we bring with us, but of what God puts into us; not a question of natural virtues of strength of character, knowledge, and experience – all that is of no avail in this matter. The only thing that avails is that we are taken up into the big compelling of God and made His comrades (cf. 1 Cor. 1:26-30). The comradeship of God is made up out of men who know their poverty. He can do nothing with the man who thinks that he is of use to God. As Christians we are not out for our own cause at all, we are out for the cause of God, 

AMEN! I LOVE that God has chosen the "foolish things of the world to confound the wise"! That makes it ALL about HIM and who I am IN HIM! None of us are "self-made", we are GOD-MADE! HALLELUJAH! He makes NO failures! AMEN! Be all that God has called YOU to be, and BE it in HIS strength (Philippians 4:13 AMP)! Here is Hillsong with "Search My Heart":


Shalom in Him!