Written by Oswald Chambers
06/07/2018
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Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do… John 14:13
Am
I fulfilling this ministry of intercession deep within the hidden
recesses of my life? There is no trap nor any danger at all of being
deceived or of showing pride in true intercession. It is a hidden
ministry that brings forth fruit through which the Father is glorified.
Am I allowing my spiritual life to waste away, or am I focused, bringing
everything to one central point— the atonement of my Lord? Is Jesus
Christ more and more dominating every interest of my life? If the
central point, or the most powerful influence, of my life is the
atonement of the Lord, then every aspect of my life will bear fruit for
Him.
However,
I must take the time to realize what this central point of power is. Am
I willing to give one minute out of every hour to concentrate on it?
“If you abide in Me…”— that is, if you continue to act, and think, and
work from that central point— “you will ask what you desire, and it
shall be done for you” (John 15:7).
Am I abiding? Am I taking the time to abide? What is the greatest
source of power in my life? Is it my work, service, and sacrifice for
others, or is it my striving to work for God? It should be none of
these— what ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the
atonement of the Lord. It is not on what we spend the greatest amount of
time that molds us the most, but whatever exerts the most power over
us. We must make a determination to limit and concentrate our desires
and interests on the atonement by the Cross of Christ.
“Whatever
you ask in My name, that I will do….” The disciple who abides in Jesus
is the will of God, and what appears to be his free choices are actually
God’s foreordained decrees. Is this mysterious? Does it appear to
contradict sound logic or seem totally absurd? Yes, but what a glorious
truth it is to a saint of God. From My Utmost for His Highest Updated Edition
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WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We can understand the attributes of God in other ways, but we can only understand the Father’s heart in the Cross of Christ.
from The Highest Good—Thy Great Redemption, 558 L
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