Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is another one that challenges our traditional thinking and cause us to digg deeper into God's Word for the TRUTH!
Look Again and Consecrate
If God so clothes the grass of the field…, will He not much
more clothe you…? —Matthew 6:30
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because
we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we
may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him,
and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become
amazingly simple. Jesus asks us to consider that “if God so clothes the grass
of the field…” how “much more” will He clothe you, if you keep your
relationship right with Him? Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with
God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than
Jesus Christ. We have allowed “the cares of this world” to enter in (Matthew
13:22), while forgetting the “much more” of our heavenly Father.
“Look at the birds of the air…” (Matthew 6:26). Their
function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over
them. Jesus said that if you have the right relationship with Him and will obey
His Spirit within you, then God will care for your “feathers” too.
“Consider the lilies of the field…” (Matthew 6:28). They
grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us.
Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of
God within us, He would look after all other things. Did Jesus Christ lie to
us? Are we experiencing the “much more” He promised? If we are not, it is
because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our
minds with confusing thoughts and worries. How much time have we wasted asking
God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on
our service to Him? Consecration is the act of continually separating myself
from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a
one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself
and looking to God every day of my life?
AMEN! Let's ALWAYS change OUR thinking to agree with God when we find oursleves differing from Him and from His Word! Remember, God is ALWAYS right!When we change our thinking to agree with Him (repentance), then we become right, also! Here is Hillsong with "So Will I":
Shalom in Him!
