My Utmost
for His Highest
By:
Oswald
Chambers
(1874 -
1917)
ALL OR
NOTHING
"When Simon Peter heard
that is was the Lord, he put on his outer garment . . . and plunged into the
sea" (John 21:7)
Have you ever had a crisis in
your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned
everything? It is a crisis of the
will. You may come to that point many
times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total
surrender, is reaches internally, not extenerally. The up on only external things may actually
be an indication of your being in total bondage.
Have you deliberately committed
your will to Jesus Christ? It is a
transaction of the will, not of emotion; any positive emotion that results is
simply a superficial blessing arising out of the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion,
you will never make the transaction. Do
not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make the determination to
surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it is in the shallow or
the deep, profound places internally.
If you have heard Jesus
Christ's voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your
consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your
intimate relationship to Him.
Note: My deepest thanks to my friend, Pam, for
giving me this glorious book so that I may share Oswald Chamber's very profound
words. May God bless you all and much
love in Christ Jesus.
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