From the wisdom given to Oswald Chambers from God...
"The mystery of God is not in what is going to be - it is now, though we look for it to be revealed in the future in some overwhelming, momentous event."
I keep thinking I'm not there yet... That I have to wait to get to a certain point in my relationship with Jesus to fully understand the Cross, or what He did for me, or what it means to live out this life fully following Him. But if I'm waiting for some big future moment, then what's happening now?
"His response immediately comes back to us as He says, 'Can't you see Him? He is always right here or He is nowhere to be found.' We look for God to exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children. And while others see the evidence, the child of God does not."
I don't think I pick up on this often. I mean, I do and I don't. I see the way He works through my friends - like Blythe, Katie, Mom, Christie, even people I'm not that close with like Julie Hodous and Hunter the other days.
"We want to be fully aware of what God is doing in us, but we cannot have complete awareness and expect to remain reasonable or balanced in our expectations of Him. If all we are asking god to give us is experiences, and the awareness of those experiences is blocking our way, we hurt the Lord."
"The very questions we ask hurt Jesus, because they are not the questions of a child."
"'Let not your heart be troubled...' (John 14:1, 27). Am I then hurting Jesus by allowing my heart to be troubled? If I believe in Jesus and His attributes, am I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to disturb my heart, or am I allowing any questions to come in which are unsound or unbalanced?
"I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate."
