![]() ![]() ![]() It is a shocking thing that we can be in the exact place where the Spirit of God should be having His completely unhindered way with us, and yet we only make matters worse, increasing our blame in God’s eyes. It is absolute and irrevocable surrender of the will at that point. To reach that level of determination is a matter of the will, not of debate or of reasoning. I am blind to the very things that make for my own peace. It’s as if Paul were saying, My determined purpose is to be my utmost for His highestmy best for His glory. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and. I got through the crisis “by the skin of my teeth,” only to find myself still under the control of that strange god. Stream My Utmost for His Highest free online. What is it that blinds you to the peace of God “in this your day”? Do you have a strange god– not a disgusting monster but perhaps an unholy nature that controls your life? More than once God has brought me face to face with a strange god in my life, and I knew that I should have given it up, but I didn’t do it. ![]() It was a god that seemed religious and upright, but Jesus compared it to “whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness” ( Matthew 23:27). Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly and the city was stirred to its very foundations, but a strange god was there– the pride of the Pharisees. Read previous Devotionals here If you had known…in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. My Utmost For His Highest Devotional For Ap: Topic – “If You Had Known!” ![]()
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