Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. I am crucified with Christ. – Galatians 2:20 No one is ever united with Jesus Christ until he is willing to relinquish not sin only, but his whole way of looking…
Undaunted Radiance
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. – Romans 8:37 Paul is speaking of the things that might seem likely to separate or…
Could This Be True of Me?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself. – Acts 20:24 It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for…
The Unrelieved Quest
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Feed My sheep. – John 21:17 This is love in the making. The love of God is un-made, it is God’s nature. When we receive the Holy Spirit He unites us…
Have You Felt the Hurt of the Lord?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Jesus said unto him the third time, Lovest thou Me? – John 21:17 Have you felt the hurt of the Lord to the uncovered quick, the place where the real sensitiveness…
The Undeviating Question
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Lovest thou Me? – John 21:17 Peter declares nothing now (cf. Matthew 26:33-35). Natural individuality professes and declares; the love of the personality is only discovered by the hurt of the…
Do Ye Now Believe?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. By this we believe . . . Jesus answered, Do ye now believe? – John 16:30 ‘Now we believe.’ Jesus says-‘Do you? The time is coming when you will leave Me…
The Destitution of Service
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. – 2 Corinthians 12:15 Natural love expects some return, but Paul says-‘I do not care whether you love me…
The Delight of Sacrifice
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. I will very gladly spend and be spent for you. – 2 Corinthians 12:15 When the Spirit of God has shed abroad the love of God in our hearts, we begin…
The Determination to Serve
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Be still, and know that I am God.The son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. – Matthew 20:28. Paul’s idea of service is the same as…
The Discipline of Spiritual Tenacity
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going…
Have You Ever Been Carried Away for Him?
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. She hath wrought a good work on Me. – Mark 14:6 If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always…
The Initiative Against Despair
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Rise let us be going. – Matthew 26:46 The disciples went to sleep when they should have kept awake, and when they realized what they had done it produced despair. The…
The Initiative Against Depression
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Arise and eat. – 1 Kings 19:5 The angel did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable; he told Elijah to do the…
The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Arise from the dead. – Ephesians 5:14 All initiative is not inspired. A man may say to you-‘Buck up, take your disinclination by the throat, throw it overboard, and walk out…