I really like today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers because it gets REAL about the daily life of a born again believer! The God of all the universe lives IN us by His Spirit! Our lives should reflect that presence! He will NOT, however, simply take us over and force His will. The devil does that, but God does not! We must make a conscious choice, everyday, to let the LIGHT within us shine out! Remember, YOU are the only Jesus that some people will ever see! Here is today's message:
If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome. Do we so appreciate the marvellous salvation of Jesus Christ that we are our utmost for His highest?
God saves men by His sovereign grace through the Atonement of Jesus; He works in us to will and to do of His good pleasure; but we have to work out that salvation in practical living. If once we start on the basis of His Redemption to do what He commands, we find that we can do it. If we fail, it is because we have not practised. The crisis will reveal whether we have been practising or not. If we obey the Spirit of God and practise in our physical life what God has put in us by His Spirit, then when the crisis comes, we shall find that our own nature as well as the grace of God will stand by us.
Thank God He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a glad thing, but it is also a heroic, holy thing. It tests us for all we are worth. Jesus is bringing many "sons" unto glory, and God will not shield us from the requirements of a son. God’s grace turns out men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not milk sops. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to live the noble life of a disciple of Jesus in actual things. It is always necessary to make an effort to be noble.
So, DON'T be a "milksop"! Definition: a person who is indecisive and lacks courage; A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person. Practice His presence! Speak to Him and then listen for His instructions! He is EVER ready to lead, guide and direct you, but YOU have to make the first move! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Wake":
Shalom in Him!
