Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Shalom,

I think that today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is excellent and something that every born again believer should use to evaluate just how deep their own level of confidence in the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible is! 

When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our wits’ end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him and His government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see nothing but breakers ahead.
“O ye of little faith!” What a pang must have shot through the disciples — “Missed it again!” And what a pang will go through us when we suddenly realize that we might have produced down right joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in Him, no matter what was ahead.
There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him.
I am sure you have heard this statement before: "Character is not made in times of pressure, it is merely revealed." The reason that we should be meditating on the Word every day (Joshua 1:8), staying filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18), praying, praising and fellowshipping with HIM is so that we CAN be prepared to do exactly what Jesus would do in each situation that we face, bringing glory to HIS Name! AMEN! So let's maintain intimate fellowship with HIM, being led by His Word and His Spirit a we set about fulfilling His calling on OUR lives! AMEN!Here is Hillsong with "Desert Song":

Shalom in Him!