From My Utmost for His Highest

Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? —Acts 26

I’ve been slowly working through The Bible miniseries with my kids and a few nights ago, we got to the Passion scene.  It’s one thing to read about it and imagine it, but then seeing it acted out...

Chambers, today, asks a few pointed questions:

     Are you determined to have your own way in living for God?

     Is the Word of God tremendously penetrating and sharp in me as I hand it on to you, or does my life betray the things I profess to teach?

Seeing soldiers beat Jesus blown up on the screen reminded me of the harsh world that Jesus walked.  It’s shocking and brutal, but no less harsh for Jesus than the world we live in today.

See, I think something hurt far worse than the lashes... 

    From My Utmost for His Highest

We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image . . . —2 Corinthians 3:18

Ever get ready to receive a compliment—I might even begin to put on my humility cloak thinking, “Oh no. That’s kind of you, but if you only knew.”—and instead you get a punch in the gut?

That’s what Chambers did for me today. That first paragraph seemed like a pat on the back, but…

  From My Utmost for His Highest

Thus says the Lord: ’I remember . . . the kindness of your youth . . .’ —Jeremiah 2:2

What is the kindest thing we can do for God?

I’ve never asked that question before, but reading Chambers’ devotion for today, what is the kindest thing you/I/we do for God? Maybe helping someone out today would be the kindest thing? How about spending the day playing with the kids? How about cleaning up around the house? Or would it be throwing this all away, packing up and feeding kids in Africa-my mother-in-law is on the edge of her seat for this one…

My own struggle is with love. I don’t want more than a couple drinks. God put my lust in check and I’ve got a hold on greed, I think. I mean to say that I don’t have some of the public struggles that tear families apart, or do I?