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My Utmost For His Highest

DAY 4 OF 30

"It Is The Lord!"

Jesus said to her, ‘Give Me a drink’” (John 4:7). How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to satisfy us. “You shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8). That means lives of pure, uncompromising, and unrestrained devotion to the Lord Jesus, which will be satisfying to Him wherever He may send us. Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him. The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction, not simply that we should do something for Him. We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?

I praise You for that word—“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.” How I realize that I owe nothing to Your severity but all to Your love. Oh, that Your Love and gentleness and patience toward me were expressed through me to others!

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My Utmost For His Highest

For over eighty years Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest has been one of the most widely read books in the Christian world. Now we are pleased to release this special edition of thirty devotionals selected from My Utmost for His Highest, designed to introduce a new generation to the timeless truths of Scripture as taught through the enduring words of Oswald Chambers. These selections also include Oswald Chambers’ personal prayers with each devotional.

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