Ever feel like the Lord is calling you to something and as excited as you might be about it, there is still that voice in the back of your mind that reminds you of all the reasons why you are not qualified to do whatever it is He is calling you to? Maybe it's just me, and my perfectionism, but I have really been going through that this past week.
Then on my birthday I read the devotional entry from My Utmost for His Highest and it of course, was a gift from the Lord for me. I have been re-reading it all week, just for encouragement and reminding. So I thought I would share it. Maybe it will bless and encourage you too!
The Great Probing
Have you the slightest reliance on anything other than God? Is
there a remnant of reliance left on any natural virtue, any set of
circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any particular in this new
proposition which God has put before you? That is what the probing
means. It is quite true to say – "I cannot live a holy life," but you
can decide to let Jesus Christ make you holy. "Ye cannot serve the Lord
God"; but you can put yourself in the place where God’s almighty power
will come through you. Are you sufficiently right with God to expect Him
to manifest His wonderful life in you?
"Nay, but we will serve the Lord." It is not an impulse, but a deliberate commitment. You say – But God can never have called me to this, I am too unworthy, it can’t mean me. It does mean you, and the weaker and feebler you are, the better. The one who has something to trust in is the last one to come anywhere near saying – "I will serve the Lord."
We say – "If I really could believe!" The point is – If I really will believe. No wonder Jesus Christ lays such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. "And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." If we really believed that God meant what He said – what should we be like! Dare I really let God be to me all that He says He will be?
"Nay, but we will serve the Lord." It is not an impulse, but a deliberate commitment. You say – But God can never have called me to this, I am too unworthy, it can’t mean me. It does mean you, and the weaker and feebler you are, the better. The one who has something to trust in is the last one to come anywhere near saying – "I will serve the Lord."
We say – "If I really could believe!" The point is – If I really will believe. No wonder Jesus Christ lays such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. "And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." If we really believed that God meant what He said – what should we be like! Dare I really let God be to me all that He says He will be?
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