Written by Oswald Chambers
06/11/2018
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Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts.
Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The questions that
truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by
these words— “Come to Me.” Our Lord’s words are not, “Do this, or don’t
do that,” but— “Come to me.” If I will simply come to Jesus, my real
life will be brought into harmony with my real desires. I will actually
cease from sin, and will find the song of the Lord beginning in my life.
Have
you ever come to Jesus? Look at the stubbornness of your heart. You
would rather do anything than this one simple childlike thing— “Come to
Me.” If you really want to experience ceasing from sin, you must come to
Jesus.
Jesus Christ makes Himself the test to determine your genuineness. Look how He used the word come.
At the most unexpected moments in your life there is this whisper of
the Lord— “Come to Me,” and you are immediately drawn to Him. Personal
contact with Jesus changes everything. Be “foolish” enough to come and
commit yourself to what He says. The attitude necessary for you to come
to Him is one where your will has made the determination to let go of
everything and deliberately commit it all to Him.
“…and
I will give you rest”— that is, “I will sustain you, causing you to
stand firm.” He is not saying, “I will put you to bed, hold your hand,
and sing you to sleep.” But, in essence, He is saying, “I will get you
out of bed— out of your listlessness and exhaustion, and out of your
condition of being half dead while you are still alive. I will penetrate
you with the spirit of life, and you will be sustained by the
perfection of vital activity.” Yet we become so weak and pitiful and
talk about “suffering” the will of the Lord! Where is the majestic
vitality and the power of the Son of God in that? From My Utmost for His Highest Updated Edition
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WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Seeing
is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we
believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging;
therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.
from He Shall Glorify Me, 494 R
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