I LOVE today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers!
The Passion Of Patience
Though it tarry, wait for it. — Habakkuk 2:3
Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of
an immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision of God is the
source of patience, because it imparts a moral inspiration. Moses endured, not
because he had an ideal of right and duty, but because he had a vision of God.
He “endured, as seeing Him Who is invisible.” A man with the vision of God is
not devoted to a cause or to any particular issue; he is devoted to God
Himself. You always know when the vision is of God because of the inspiration
that comes with it; things come with largeness and tonic to the life because
everything is energized by God. If God gives you a time spiritually, as He gave
His Son actually, of temptation in the wilderness, with no word from Himself at
all, endure, and the power to endure is there because you see God.
“Though it tarry, wait for it.” The proof that we have the
vision is that we are reaching out for more than we have grasped. It is a bad
thing to be satisfied spiritually. “What shall I render unto the Lord?”
said the Psalmist. “I will take the cup of salvation.” We are apt to
look for satisfaction in ourselves — “Now I have got the thing; now I am
entirely sanctified; now I can endure.” Instantly we are on the road to ruin.
Our reach must exceed our grasp. “Not as though I had already attained, either
were already perfect.” If we have only what we have experienced, we have
nothing; if we have the inspiration of the vision of God, we have more than we
can experience. Beware of the danger of relaxation spiritually.
AMEN! One thing we must always remember is that there is NO 'standing still' in this walk with the Lord our God! We are either progressing or regressing in the things of God, because there IS no pause! Make sure that YOU are giving God and His Word your utmost loyalty and your undivided attention! EVERTHING else in your life will fall right into place when HE has your full and undivided attention! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Tell The World":
Shalom in Him!
