Shalom,
I was really blessed by today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers!
Recall What
God Remembers
I
remember…the kindness of thy youth. — Jeremiah 2:2
Am I as
spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be
kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am
I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the
soul that has forgotten what God prizes. It is a great thing to think that
Jesus Christ has need of me — “Give Me to drink.” How much kindness have I
shown Him this past week? Have I been kind to His reputation in my life?
God is
saying to His people — “You are not in love with Me now, but I remember the
time when you were.” “I remember…the love of thine espousals.” Am I as full of
the extravagance of love to Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went
out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He find me recalling the time
when I did not care for anything but Himself? Am I there now, or have I become
wise over loving Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no account of where
I go? Or am I watching for the respect due to me, weighing how much service I
ought to give?
If, as I
recall what God remembers about me, I find He is not what He used to be to me,
let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly
sorrow that works repentance.
A great gauge of our true commitment to HIM! Let's work ofn improving some every day! Here is Hillsong with "Like Incense":
Shalom in Him!