Shalom,
Today I want to share again from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost For His Highest" devotional.
The Supreme
Climb
Take now thy
son… — Genesis 22:2
God’s
command is— Take now, not presently. It is extraordinary how we
debate! We know a thing is right, but we try to find excuses for not doing it
at once. To climb to the height God shows can never be done presently, it must
be done now. The sacrifice is gone through in will before it is performed
actually.
“And Abraham
rose up early in the morning,…and went unto the place of which God had told
him” (verse 3). The wonderful simplicity of Abraham! When God spoke, he did not
confer with flesh and blood. Beware when you want to confer with flesh and
blood, i.e., your own sympathies, your own insight, anything that is not based
on your personal relationship to God. These are the things that compete with
and hinder obedience to God.
Abraham did
not choose the sacrifice. Always guard against self-chosen service for God;
self-sacrifice may be a disease. If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with
grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the
providential order of God for you is a hard time of difficulty, go through with
it, but never choose the scene of your martyrdom. God chose the crucible for
Abraham, and Abraham made no demur; he went steadily through. If you are not
living in touch with Him, it is easy to pass a crude verdict on God. You must
go through the crucible before you have any right to pronounce a verdict,
because in the crucible you learn to know God better. God is working for His
highest ends until His purpose and man’s purpose become one.
Simple obedience to the Word of God is all that is required of us! Find out what the Word of God has to say about any and every situation and then DO IT! There is no other way to truly please God! Let's make it our determined purpose to STAY inthe will and WORD of GOd! THAT is the place of highest blessing and greatest protection. Here is Brooke Ligertwood with "Honey In The Rock":
Shalom in Him!
