absolute abandon of devotion
today's My Utmost for His Highest was interesting to me.
we have to battle through our moods into absolute devotion to the Lord Jesus, to get out of the hole-and-corner business of our experience into abandoned devotion to Him. ... think of what faith in Jesus Christ claims -- that He can present us faultless before the throne of God, unutterably pure, absolutely rectified and profoundly justified. ... how can we talk of making a sacrifice for the Son of God! our salvation is from hell and perdition, and then we talk about making sacrifices!
... Jesus Christ wants our absolute abandon of devotion to Himself. we never can experience Jesus Christ, nor ever hold Him within the compass of our own hearts, but our faith must be built in strong emphatic confidence in Him.
it is along this line that we see the rugged impatience of the Holy Ghost against unbelief. all our fears are wicked, and we fear because we will not nourish ourselves in our faith. how can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear!
it humbles me to realize what a great love God has for me. He is so completely involved in my life, to an extent completely unnecessary for Him to be. "what is man ... that You should set Your heart on him, that You should visit him every morning ... ?" God doesn't need me. He could care less about me. and yet He enters my life and does something as personal as putting a book in my hands that tells me exactly what i need to hear on this very day.
why He loves me is beyond me. but i can't deny that He does.
we have to battle through our moods into absolute devotion to the Lord Jesus, to get out of the hole-and-corner business of our experience into abandoned devotion to Him. ... think of what faith in Jesus Christ claims -- that He can present us faultless before the throne of God, unutterably pure, absolutely rectified and profoundly justified. ... how can we talk of making a sacrifice for the Son of God! our salvation is from hell and perdition, and then we talk about making sacrifices!
... Jesus Christ wants our absolute abandon of devotion to Himself. we never can experience Jesus Christ, nor ever hold Him within the compass of our own hearts, but our faith must be built in strong emphatic confidence in Him.
it is along this line that we see the rugged impatience of the Holy Ghost against unbelief. all our fears are wicked, and we fear because we will not nourish ourselves in our faith. how can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear!
it humbles me to realize what a great love God has for me. He is so completely involved in my life, to an extent completely unnecessary for Him to be. "what is man ... that You should set Your heart on him, that You should visit him every morning ... ?" God doesn't need me. He could care less about me. and yet He enters my life and does something as personal as putting a book in my hands that tells me exactly what i need to hear on this very day.
why He loves me is beyond me. but i can't deny that He does.