Quote from Forum Archives on June 20, 2000, 4:38 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

I like what Oswald Chambers is saying in today's edition of "My
Utmost for His Highest.

June 20

Have You Come to "When" Yet?
"The Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends"
(Job 42:10).

A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a
determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are
never found in the New Testament. The fact that I am trying to be
right with God is actually a sign that I am rebelling against the
atonement by the Cross of Christ. I pray, "Lord, I will purify my
heart if You will answer my prayer -- I will walk rightly before
You if You will help me." But I cannot make myself right with
God; I cannot make my life perfect. I can only be right with God
if I accept the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ as an absolute
gift. Am I humble enough to accept it? I have to surrender all my
rights and demands, and cease from every self-effort. I must
leave myself completely alone in His hands, and then I can begin
to pour my life out in the priestly work of intercession. There
is a great deal of prayer that comes from actual disbelief in the
atonement. Jesus is not just beginning to save us -- He has
already saved us completely. It is an accomplished fact, and it
is an insult to Him for us to ask Him to do what He has already
done.

If you are not now receiving the "hundredfold" which Jesus
promised (see Matthew 19:29), and not getting insight into God's
Word, then start praying for your friends -- enter into the
ministry of the inner life. "The Lord restored Job's losses when
he prayed for his friends." As a saved soul, the real business of
your life is intercessory prayer. Whatever circumstances God may
place you in, always pray immediately that His atonement may be
recognized and as fully understood in the lives of others as it
has been in yours. Pray for your friends now, and pray for those
with whom you come in contact now.

www.gospelcom.net/rbc/utmost/devo/utmost.shtml
Authorized By The Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd.
1997 RBC Ministries--Grand Rapids, MI 49555-0001

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