Let us keep . . . .
LET US KEEP TO THE POINT
“.
. . my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but
with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body,
whether by life or by death” (Philippians 1:20).
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Utmost for His Highest. “. . . my
earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed . . .” We will
all feel very much ashamed if we do not yield to Jesus the areas of our lives
He has asked us to yield to Him. It’s as if Paul were saying, “My determined
purpose is to be my utmost for His highest—my best for His glory.” To reach
that level of determination is a matter of the will, not of debate or of
reasoning. It is absolute and irrevocable surrender of the will at that point.
An undue amount of thought and consideration for ourselves is what keeps us
from making that decision, although we cover it up with the pretense that it is
others we are considering. When we think seriously about what it will cost
others if we obey the call of Jesus, we tell God He doesn’t know what our
obedience will mean. Keep to the point – He does know. Shut out every other
thought and keep yourself before God in this one thing only—my utmost for His
highest. I am determined to be absolutely and entirely for Him and Him alone.
My
Unstoppable Determination for His Holiness. “Whether it means life or death—it
makes no difference!” (see 1:21). Paul was determined that nothing would stop
him from doing exactly what God wanted. But before we choose to follow God’s
will, a crisis must develop in our lives. This happens because we tend to be
unresponsive to God’s gentler nudges. He brings us to the place where He asks
us to be our utmost for Him and we begin to debate. He then providentially
produces a crisis where we have to decide—for or against. That moment becomes a
great crossroads in our lives. If a crisis has come to you on any front,
surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably.
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Edited by James Reimann
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