I REALLY love today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers! This IS my greatest desire!
The Spiritual Saint
That I may know Him. — Philippians 3:10
The initiative of the saint is not towards self-realisation,
but towards knowing Jesus Christ. The spiritual saint never believes
circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he
sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge of
Jesus Christ. There is a reckless abandonment about him. The Holy Spirit is
determined that we shall realize Jesus Christ in every domain of life, and He
will bring us back to the same point again and again until we do. Self-realisation
leads to the enthronement of work; whereas the saint enthrones Jesus Christ in
his work. Whether it be eating or drinking or washing disciples’ feet, whatever
it is, we have to take the initiative of realizing Jesus Christ in it. Every
phase of our actual life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord
realised His relationship to the Father even in the most menial work. “Jesus
knowing…that He was come from God, and went to God;…took a towel,…and began to
wash the disciples’ feet.”
The aim of the spiritual saint is “that I may know Him.” Do
I know Him where I am to-day? If not, I am failing Him. I am here not to
realise myself, but to know Jesus. In Christian work the initiative is too
often the realisation that something has to be done and I must do it. That is
never the attitude of the spiritual saint, his aim is to secure the realisation
of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances he is in.
SO much of what many believers do 'for JESUS' is what they THINK He wants or what others expect of them. What HE really wants is for us to KNOW HIM! To know HIM so well that His thoughts become our thoughts! We will think like HIM! So, He communicates with us at the speed of thought! THAT is how a born again, Spirit-filled believer is SUPPOSED to operate! So that our moment by moment communion with, and obedience to, Him is just like breathing! Just as natural! The supernatural becoming OUR natural! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with one of my new favorite songs called "Bright As The Sun":Shalom in Him!
