Luke 8:46
But Jesus said, "Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me."
To be willingly poor for God is to strip myself of
all things for the sake of Jesus Christ. One of the greatest snares is built on
what is really a great truth, namely, that every man has Christ in himself. The
pernicious use that is made of that statement is that therefore man draws power
from himself. Never! Jesus Christ never drew power from Himself: He drew it
always from without Himself; namely, from His Father. “The son can do nothing
of Himself”… (John 5:19, 30). Treasure in heaven is faith that has been tried.
Immediately we begin to have fellowship with Jesus, we have to live the life of
faith at all costs; it may be bitter to begin with, but afterward it is
ineffably and indescribably sweet -- willing poverty for God, a determined
going outside myself and every earthly thing.
Excerpts from Oswald Chambers
Daily Devotional Bible, Reading 96 (4/6)
From If Thou
Wilt Be Perfect
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