Written by Oswald Chambers
06/06/2018
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Your
will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a nature that renders
you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord
initially comes in contact with our conscience, the first thing our
conscience does is awaken our will, and our will always agrees with God.
Yet you say, “But I don’t know if my will is in agreement with God.”
Look to Jesus and you will find that your will and your conscience are
in agreement with Him every time. What causes you to say “I will not
obey” is something less deep and penetrating than your will. It is
perversity or stubbornness, and they are never in agreement with God.
The most profound thing in a person is his will, not sin.
The
will is the essential element in God’s creation of human beings— sin is
a perverse nature which entered into people. In someone who has been
born again, the source of the will is Almighty God. “…for it is God who
works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” With focused
attention and great care, you have to “work out” what God “works in”
you— not work to accomplish or earn “your own salvation,” but work it out
so you will exhibit the evidence of a life based with determined,
unshakable faith on the complete and perfect redemption of the Lord. As
you do this, you do not bring an opposing will up against God’s will—
God’s will is your will. Your natural choices will be in
accordance with God’s will, and living this life will be as natural as
breathing. Stubbornness is an unintelligent barrier, refusing
enlightenment and blocking its flow. The only thing to do with this
barrier of stubbornness is to blow it up with “dynamite,” and the
“dynamite” is obedience to the Holy Spirit.
Do I believe that Almighty God is the Source of my will? God not only expects me to do His will, but He is in me to do it. From My Utmost for His Highest Updated Edition
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WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The
place for the comforter is not that of one who preaches, but of the
comrade who says nothing, but prays to God about the matter. The biggest
thing you can do for those who are suffering is not to talk platitudes,
not to ask questions, but to get into contact with God, and the
“greater works” will be done by prayer (see John 14:12–13).
from Baffled to Fight Better, 56 R
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