Tag: My Utmost For His Highest

  • THE FRUITFULNESS OF FRIENDSHIP

    My Utmost For His Highest I have called you friends. John 15:15. We never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we abandon in every particular. Self-surrender is the most difficult thing—‘I will if …!’ ‘Oh well, I suppose I must devote my life to God.’ There is none of the joy of self-sacrifice in that.…

  • THE SPIRITUAL INDEX

    My Utmost For His Highest Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Matthew 7:9. The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard us…

  • “I INDEED … BUT HE”

    My Utmost For His Highest I indeed baptize you with water … but He … shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. Matthew 3:11. Have I ever come to a place in my experience where I can say—“I indeed … but He”? Until that moment does come, I will never know what the…

  • THE MINISTRY OF THE UNNOTICED

    My Utmost For His Highest Blessed are the poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3. The New Testament notices things which from our standards do not seem to count. “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” literally—Blessed are the paupers—an exceedingly commonplace thing! The preaching of to-day is apt to emphasize strength of will, beauty of character—the things…

  • COMPLETENESS

    My Utmost For His Highest And I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28. Whenever anything begins to disintegrate your life with Jesus Christ, turn to Him at once and ask Him to establish rest. Never allow anything to remain which is making the dis-peace. Take every element of disintegration as something to wrestle against, and…

  • SELF CONSCIOUSNESS

    My Utmost For His Highest Come unto Me. Matthew 11:28. God means us to live a fully-orbed life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside, and we tumble into a way of introspection which we thought had gone. Self-consciousness is the first thing that will upset the…

  • HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EXPRESSIONLESS WITH SORROW?

    My Utmost For His Highest And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. Luke 18:23. The rich young ruler went away expressionless with sorrow; he had not a word to say. He had no doubt as to what Jesus said, no debate as to what it meant, and it…

  • ARE YOU DISCOURAGED IN DEVOTION?

    My Utmost For His Highest Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast … and come, follow Me. Luke 18:22. “And when he heard this …” Have you ever heard the Master say a hard word? If you have not, I question whether you have heard Him say anything. Jesus Christ says a…

  • DOES HE KNOW ME

    My Utmost For His Highest He calleth … by name. John 10:3. When I have sadly misunderstood Him? (John 20:17.) It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine out steps intimate touch with Jesus. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine was no…

  • SIGNS OF THE NEW BIRTH

    My Utmost For His Highest Ye must be born again. John 3:7. The answer to the question “How can a man be born when he is old?” is—When he is old enough to die—to die right out to his ‘rag rights,’ to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the…