“We put our sense of loyalty to our relatives ahead of our loyalty to Jesus Christ, forcing Him to take last place. When your loyalties conflict, always obey Jesus Christ whatever the cost..Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop.”–Oswald Chambers
Luke 9:62 “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
“Jesus Christ demands that His disciple does not allow even the slightest trace of resentment in his heart when faced with tyranny and injustice”
“The Sermon on the Mount is not an ideal, it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has altered my disposition and put in a disposition like His own. Jesus Christ is the only One Who can fulfil the Sermon on the Mount.”
I am loving reading My Utmost for His Highest. I know I read it before, but I don’t know how I didn’t find it as enlightening/convicting as I am now finding it. I usually do my Bible reading at night because I am so not a morning person, but I’ve been making sure I do a little bit in the morning and reading this daily devotional to make sure I’m setting my thoughts on God at the beginning of the day. It has seemed to fit in perfectly to what I need for the day, and the Holy Spirit brings it to mind throughout the day when it applies.
“Never discard a conviction. If it is important enough for the Spirit of God to have brought it to your mind, it is that thing He is detecting. You were looking for a great thing to give up. God is telling you of some tiny thing; but at the back of it there lies the central citadel of obstinacy: I will not give up my right to myself - the thing God intends you to give up if ever you are going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. ”
I read that this morning in My Utmost for His Highest. I’ve struggled before and couldn’t figure out why and then the Holy Spirit would prompt me about something and I would be like no that’s not it. duh…of course that’s it; that’s why the Holy Spirit is bring it to mind. Anyway the giving up my right to myself is a hard one, but obviously in my head I know God knows best and how ridiculously foolish is it for me to ever hang on to something or insist on my own way when God is the only one that sees the big picture. No one knows me better–where I’ve been , where I am now, and where I am supposed to go.
Proverbs 3:5-7 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.7 Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.