Shalom,
Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is SO good!
The Theology
Of Rest
Why are ye
fearful, 0 ye of little faith? — Matthew 8:26
When we are
in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to
expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in
Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they
are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go
back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to
our wits’ end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him and His
government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see nothing but breakers
ahead.
“O ye of
little faith!” What a pang must have shot through the disciples — “Missed it
again!” And what a pang will go through us when we suddenly realize that we
might have produced down right joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining
absolutely confident in Him, no matter what was ahead.
There are
stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it
is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have
been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we
will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him.
We have been
talking a great deal about sanctification — what is it all going to amount to?
It should work out into rest in God which means oneness with God, a oneness
which will make us not only blameless in His sight, but a deep joy to Him.
Have CONFIDENCE in the GOD Who has given us this NEW and BETTER COVENANT! HE will NEVER break it! COUNT on it! COUNT on HIM! Here is Hillsong with "Oceans - Where Feet May Fail":
Shalom in Him!