Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. – Luke 1:35 If the Son of God is born into my mortal flesh, is…
The Baffling Call of God
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished … And they understood none of these things. – Luke 18:31,34 God called Jesus…
The Brave Comradeship of God
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Then He took unto Him the twelve. – Luke 18:31 The bravery of God in trusting us! You say – “But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is…
The Big Compelling of God
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. – Luke 18:31 Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father’s will. “I seek…
The Discipline of Difficulty
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. – John 16:33 An average view of the Christian life is that it means…
Something More About His Ways
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. He comes where He commands us to leave. When Jesus had made an end of commanding His disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. – Matthew…
What Do You See In Your Clouds?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Behold, He cometh with clouds. – Revelation 1:7 In the Bible clouds are always connected with God. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences, within or without our personal lives,…
After Obedience-What?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . . – Mark 6:45 We are apt to imagine that if…
The Way to Know
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. 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…
The Account with Purity
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Out of the heart proceed. . . – Matthew 15:18 We begin by trusting our ignorance and calling it innocence, by trusting our innocence and calling it purity; and when we…
Am I blessed like this?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Blessed are. . . – Matthew 5:3 When we first read the statements of Jesus they sem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unobserved into our unconscious minds. For instance,…
Sanctification
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. This is the will of God, even your sanctification. – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well as…
The Gateway to the Kingdom
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Blessed are the poor in spirit. – Matthew 5:3 Beware of placing Our Lord as a Teacher first. If Jesus Christ is a Teacher only, then all He can do is…
Dependent on God’s Presence
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. They that wait upon the Lord . . . shall walk and not faint. – Isaiah 40:31 There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable…
Mastery Over the Believer
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Ye call Me Master and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. – John 13:13 Our Lord never insists on having authority; He never says- ‘Thou shalt.’ He leaves…