Luke 8:22
Now it happened, on a
certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, “Let
is cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out.
[Our idea is that] “If you obey Jesus, you will have a life of joy and
delight.” Well, it is not true. Jesus said to the disciples, “Let us cross over
to the other side of the lake,” and they were plunged into the biggest storm
they had ever known. You say, “If I had not obeyed Jesus, I should not have got
into this complication.” Exactly. The problems in our walk with God are to be
accounted for along this line, and the temptation is to say, “God could never
have told me to go there -- if He had done so, this never would have happened.”
We discover then whether we are going to trust God’s integrity or listen to our
own expressed skepticism…
Darkness is not synonymous with sin; if there is
darkness spiritually, it is much more likely to be the shade of God’s hand than
darkness on account of sin; it may be the threshold of a new revelation coming
through a break in personal experience. Before the dawn there is desolation,
but wait, the dawn will merge into glorious day… life in which there is no
death…
Excerpts from Oswald Chambers
Daily Devotional Bible, Reading 95 (4/5)
From He Shall
Glorify Me
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