LIBERTY ON THE ABYSS OF THE GOSPEL Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. – Galatians 5:1 A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand – “Believe this and that;” but…
My Utmost for His Highest
WHAT YOU WILL GET Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. – Jeremiah 14:5 This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him – “I will give thee…
My Utmost for His Highest
THE SUPREME CLIMB Take now thy son . . and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. – Genesis 22:2 Character determines how a man interprets God’s will (cf. Psalm…
My Utmost for His Highest
INSPIRED INVINCIBILITY Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me. – Matthew 11:29 “Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth.” How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to bring us into the place where we can have communion with…
My Utmost for His Highest
MORAL DOMINION Death hath no more dominion over Him . . . in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God. – Romans 6:9-11 Co-Eternal Life.…
My Utmost for His Highest
This commentary has a whole new meaning after seeing “The Passion of the Christ”. HIS AGONY AND OUR FELLOWSHIP Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, tarry ye here, and watch with…
My Utmost for His Highest
THE GLORY THAT EXCELS The Lord … hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight. – Acts 9:17 When Paul received his sight, he received spiritually an insight into the Person of Jesus Christ, and the whole of his…
My Utmost for His Highest
OUR LORD’S SURPRISE VISITS Be ye therefore ready also. – Luke 12:40 The great need for the Christian worker is to be ready to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn. This is not easy, no matter what our…
My Utmost for His Highest
VISION BY PERSONAL PURITY Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. -Matthew 5:8 Purity is not innocence, it is much more. Purity is the outcome of sustained spiritual sympathy with God. We have to grow in…
My Utmost for His Highest
AM I CARNALLY MINDED? Whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal? -1 Corinthians 3:3 No natural man knows anything about carnality. The flesh lusting against the Spirit that came in at regeneration, and the Spirit…
My Utmost for His Highest
I don’t post the day’s “My Utmost” very often, and don’t think I’ve ever done it two days in a row, but this is an especially good one. I am admittedly very guilty of what it speaks of myself. INFERIOR…
My Utmost for His Highest
THE DESTITUTION OF SERVICE 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 or not, I…
My Utmost for His Highest
Shallow and profound Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. -1Co_10:31 Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow concerns of life are not ordained of God; they are…
My Utmost for His Highest
The following is taken from today’s devotional in My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. I thought it was a particularly good commentary. Justification by faith For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the…
Daily Devotional
I mentioned in my very first post earlier this week that I am thinking of writing a book, a daily devotional. I rethought that after that post, and came up with a much better idea for the devotional than I…