Word for Today, Wed, 23 Nov 2005: Put off the cares of this life
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Oswald Chambers really understands, not just the basics
of our faith, he also understands some of the deeper
things that really make a difference, not just in the
basic aspect of faith, but in the underlying attitudes
that lie beneath the deeper surfaces of our minds. In
there, we find out what many of the distractions of the
faith are. Oswald explores this topic in today's
edition of My Utmost For His Highest.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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November 23, 2005
DISTRACTION OF ANTIPATHY
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we
are exceedingly piled with contempt.
Psalms 123:3
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ps+123:3&sr=1
The thing of which we have to beware is not so much
damage to our belief in God as damage to our Christian
temper. "Therefore take heed to thy spirit, that ye
deal not treacherously." The temper of mind is
tremendous in its effects, it is the enemy that
penetrates right into the soul and distracts the mind
from God. There are certain tempers of mind in which we
never dare indulge; if we do, we find they have
distracted us from faith in God, and until we get back
to the quiet mood before God, our faith in Him is nil,
and our confidence in the flesh and in human ingenuity
is the thing that rules.
Beware of "the cares of this world," because they are
the things that produce a wrong temper of soul. It is
extraordinary what an enormous power there is in simple
things to distract our attention from God. Refuse to
be swamped with the cares of this life.
Another thing that distracts us is the lust of
vindication. St. Augustine prayed - "O Lord, deliver
me from this lust of always vindicating myself." That
temper of mind destroys the soul's faith in God. "I
must explain myself; I must get people to understand."
Our Lord never explained anything; He left mistakes to
correct themselves.
When we discern that people are not going on
spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to
criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us
discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we
may intercede.
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST - by Oswald Chambers //
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