Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is something that I heard first from Kenneth E. Hagin!
The Way To Know
If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine.…
— John 7:17
The
golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a
man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he
wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.
If things are dark to me, then I may be sure there is something I will not do.
Intellectual darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because
of something I do not intend to obey.
No man
ever receives a word from God without instantly being put to the test over it.
We disobey and then wonder why we don’t go on spiritually. “If when you come to
the altar,” said Jesus, “there you remember your brother hath ought against
you…don’t say another word to Me, but first go and put that thing right.” The
teaching of Jesus hits us where we live. We cannot stand as humbugs before Him
for one second. He educates us down to the scruple. The Spirit of God unearths
the spirit of self-vindication; He makes us sensitive to things we never
thought of before.
When
Jesus brings a thing home by His word, don’t shirk it. If you do, you will
become a religious humbug. Watch the things you shrug your shoulders over, and
you will know why you do not go on spiritually. First go — at
the risk of being thought fanatical you must obey what God tells you.
There is no possibility that we can grow in, or gain more knowledge of, the Word of God if we are not putting it into practice! Kenneth E. Hagin shared that the Word of God was so real and powerful to him, UNTIL! There was a day when he came across the command to not worry. Because he considered himself to BE a confirmed worrier, he thought this this command couldn't possibly be meant for him! IT WAS, and IS for each of us! When the Word became dry and lifeless to him, Brother Hagin asked God what the reason was. The LORD told him to go back to the last thing he had learned and not obeyed yet. He went right back to the worry not command and OBEYED it! Even though he could not even imagine himself being ABLE to do this, he did it anyway! This act of faith and obedience caused the Word of God to open up to him again! Make sure that YOU are studying the Word of God for the purpose of obedience! Don't put yourself in position to have the enemy steal, kill and destroy in your life! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Future Marches In":
Shalom in Him!
