Shalom,
Today I want to share again from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost For His Highest" devotional.
The Way To Know
If any man will do His will, he shall
know of the doctrine.… — John 7:17
The golden rule for understanding
spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific
knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into
what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience. If things are dark
to me, then I may be sure there is something I will not do. Intellectual
darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something
I do not intend to obey.
No man ever receives a word from God
without instantly being put to the test over it. We disobey and then wonder why
we don’t go on spiritually. “If when you come to the altar,” said Jesus, “there
you remember your brother hath ought against you…don’t say another word to Me,
but first go and put that thing right.” The teaching of Jesus hits us where we
live. We cannot stand as humbugs before Him for one second. He educates us down
to the scruple. The Spirit of God unearths the spirit of self-vindication; He
makes us sensitive to things we never thought of before.
When Jesus brings a thing home by His
word, don’t shirk it. If you do, you will become a religious humbug. Watch the
things you shrug your shoulders over, and you will know why you do not go on
spiritually. First go — at the risk of being thought fanatical you
must obey what God tells you.
AMEN! Here is Brandon Lake with "Fear Is Not My Future":
Shalom in Him!