Shalom,
Today I want to share again from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost For His Highest" devotional.
Undisturbed Relationship
At that day ye shall ask in My name….The Father Himself
loveth you. — John 16:26,27
“At that day ye shall ask in My name,” i.e., in My nature. Not — “You shall use My name as a magic word,” but — “You will be so intimate with Me that you will be one with Me.”
“That day” is not a day hereafter, but a day meant for here and now. “The Father Himself loveth you” — the union is so complete and absolute. Our Lord does
not mean that life will be free from external perplexities, but that just as He
knew the Father’s heart and mind, so by the baptism of the Holy Ghost He can
lift us into the heavenly places where He can reveal the counsels of God to us.
“Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name…” “That day” is a day of undisturbed relationship
between God and the saint. Just as Jesus stood unsullied in the presence of His
Father, so by the mighty efficacy of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, we can be
lifted into that relationship — “that they
may be one, even as We are One.”
“…He will give it you.” Jesus
says that God will recognize our prayers. What a challenge! By the Resurrection
and Ascension power of Jesus, by the sent-down Holy Ghost, we can be lifted
into such a relationship with the Father that we are at one with the perfect
sovereign will of God by our free choice even as Jesus was. In that wonderful
position, placed there by Jesus Christ, we can pray to God in His name, in His
nature, which is gifted to us by the Holy Ghost, and Jesus says — “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will
give it you.” The sovereign character of
Jesus Christ is tested by His own statements.
HALLELUJAH! WE have such a tremendous place of power and authority IN JESUS under our NEW and BETTER COVENANT! Let's determine to walk in it well! Here is Brandon Lake with "Tear Off The Roof":
Shalom in Him!