Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers has a great message for today!
Shallow and Profound
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the
glory of God. —1 Corinthians 10:31
Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow
aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as
much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep
devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that
we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride. We must be careful,
for this is how contempt for others is produced in our lives. And it causes us
to be a walking rebuke to other people because they are more shallow than we
are. Beware of posing as a profound person— God became a baby.
To be shallow is not a sign of being sinful, nor is
shallowness an indication that there is no depth to your life at all— the ocean
has a shore. Even the shallow things of life, such as eating and drinking,
walking and talking, are ordained by God. These are all things our Lord did. He
did them as the Son of God, and He said, “A disciple is not above his teacher…”
(Matthew 10:24).
We are safeguarded by the shallow things of life. We have to
live the surface, commonsense life in a commonsense way. Then when God gives us
the deeper things, they are obviously separated from the shallow concerns.
Never show the depth of your life to anyone but God. We are so nauseatingly
serious, so desperately interested in our own character and reputation, we
refuse to behave like Christians in the shallow concerns of life.
Make a determination to take no one seriously except God.
You may find that the first person you must be the most critical with, as being
the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.
I LOVE that we are encouraged here to never put anyone ahead of God in our estimation and in a place of authority in our lives! HIS thoughts, plans and purposes for us are ALWAYS the right ones, and always for our benefit! Here are Hillsong Kids with "This Is Living": Shalom in Him!
