From My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. It is the will of God that human beings should get into a right-standing relationship with Him, and His covenants are designed for this purpose. Why doesnât God save me? He has accomplished and provided for my salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. Why doesnât God do everything we ask? He has done it. The point isâ will I step into that covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant. Waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief. It means that I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God wonât do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings in his covenant with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His covenant to man. It is a question of faith in Godâ a very rare thing. We only have faith in our feelings. I donât believe God until He puts something tangible in my hand, so that I know I have it. Then I say, âNow I believe.â There is no faith exhibited in that. God says, âLook to Me, and be savedâŠâ (Isaiah 45:22). When I have really transacted business with God on the basis of His covenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of personal achievementâ no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life is transformed and radiates peace and joy. Please share this devotional with a friend WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS We can understand the attributes of God in other ways, but we can only understand the Fatherâs heart in the Cross of Christ. The Highest GoodâThy Great Redemption, 558 L #myutmostforhishighest #oswaldchambers #devooftheday #godscovenant #onlythroughthecross #calvary #jesus #grace #mercy #truth #bethechange #bethechurch #itsalljesus #christmas
