My Utmost for His Highest 1 / The Brave Comradeship of God [Luke 18:31] / By Oswald Chambers

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 My Utmost for His Highest 1

/ The Brave Comradeship of God

[Luke 18:31]

 

 

/ By Oswald Chambers

 

 "Then He took unto Him 

the twelve. " (Luke 18:31)

 

 

The bravery of God

in trusting us! 

 

 

You say

 

 

“But He has been 

unwise to choose me,

because there is nothing

in me; I am not of any value.”

 

 

That is why He chose you. 

As long as you think there

is something in you, 

God cannot choose you

 

 

because you have ends 

of your own to serve; 

 

 

but if you have let Him bring you

to the end of your self-sufficiency,

then He can choose you to go

with Him to Jerusalem, 

 

 

and that will mean

the fulfilment of purposes 

which He does not

discuss with you.

 

 

We are apt to say that 

because a man has 

natural ability,

 

 

therefore he will 

make a good Christian.

 

 

It is not a question 

of our equipment but

of our poverty; 

 

 

not of what we bring with us, 

but of what God puts into us; 

not a question of natural 

virtues, of strength of

character, knowledge, 

 

 

and experience all that

is of no avail in this matter.

 

 

The only thing that avails is 

that we are ta ken up into the

big compelling of God

and mad e His comrades 

(cf. 1 Cor. 1:26-30)

 

 

The comradeship of God

is made up out of men

who know their poverty. 

 

 

He can do nothing with 

the man who thinks that 

he is of use to God.

 

 

As Christians we are not 

out for our own cause at all,

we a re out for the cause of God,

which can never be our cause.

 

 

We do not know what God is after, 

but we have to maintain our 

relationship with Him 

whatever happens. 

 

 

We must never allow anything

to injure our relationship with God; 

if it do es get injured, we must 

take time and get it put right.

 

 

The main thing about Christianity

is not the work we do, but 

the relationship we maintain 

and the atmosphere produced

by that relation ship. 

 

 

That is all God asks us to look after, 

and it is the one thing that is

being continually assailed.

 

 

- To Be Continue -

 

 

2022/01/16

 

 

/ By Oswald Chambers