Category: Oswald Chambers

  • THE GRACIOUSNESS OF UNCERTAINTY

    My Utmost For His Highest It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John 3:2. Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We imagine that we have to reach some end, but that is not the nature of spiritual life. The…

  • WHAT YOU WILL GET

    My Utmost For His Highest Thy life will I give thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. Jeremiah 45:5. This is the unshakable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him—‘I will give thee thy life.’ What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. ‘Thy…

  • WHAT DO YOU WANT?

    My Utmost For His Highest Seekest thou great things for thyself? Jeremiah 45:5. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get to know…

  • THE SUPREME CLIMB

    My Utmost For His Highest Take now thy son, … and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Genesis 22:2. Character determines how a man interprets God’s will (cf. Psalm 18:25–26 ). Abraham interpreted God’s command to mean that he had to kill his son,…

  • INSTANT IN SEASON

    My Utmost For His Highest Be instant in season, out of season. 2 Tim. 4:2. Many of us suffer from the morbid tendency to be instant “out of season.” The season does not refer to time, but to us. “Be instant in season, out of season,” whether we feel like it or not. If we…

  • THE WARNING AGAINST WONTONING

    My Utmost For His Highest Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you. Luke 10:20. As Christian workers, worldliness is not our snare, sin is not our snare, but spiritual wantoning is, viz.: taking the pattern and print of the religious age we live in, making eyes at spiritual success. Never…

  • THE WORSHIP OF THE WORK

    My Utmost For His Highest Labourers together with God. 1 Cor. 3:9. Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work. The one concern of a worker should be concentration on God, and this will mean that all the other margins of…

  • NOW DON’T HURT THE LORD!

    My Utmost For His Highest Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? John 14:9. Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us—astounded at how un-simple we are. It is opinions of our own which make us stupid; when we are simple we are never stupid, we…

  • CAN A SAINT SLANDER GOD?

    My Utmost For His Highest For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen. 2 Cor. 1:20. Jesus told the parable of the talents recorded in Matthew 25 as a warning that it is possible for us to misjudge our capacity. This parable has not to do with natural gifts,…

  • IS IT NOT IN THE LEAST LIKELY

    My Utmost For His Highest For Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. 1 Kings 2:28. Joab stood the big test, he remained absolutely loyal and true to David and did not turn after the fascinating and ambitious Absalom, but yet towards the end of his life he turned after the…