God granted me a very significant victory last night, despite all my weakness - I'm tired of failing time and time again. I want to be truly spiritual and not always succomb to the flesh. Afterward, I tossed and turned restlessly all night - - I don't know if it was something in the air or what, but my dog was also restless and yelping in his sleep. But this morning was so sweet to wake up knowing that my God was victorious! In light of these things, the Psalm for today and Oswald Chambers said some meaningful things. May the Son be glorified in me.
"I will extol Thee, O LORD, for
Thou has lifted me up,
And hast not let my enemies
rejoice over me.
O LORD my God,
I cried to Thee for help, and
Thou didst heal me.
O LORD, Thou hast brought
up my soul from
Sheol;
Thou hast kept me alive,
that I should not go down
to the pit." Psalm 30:1-3
"To follow Jesus Christ today is to follow a madman according to the ideals of present day civilization. We have made a thousand and one necessities until our system of civilized life is as cast-iron, and then we apologize to the Lord for not following Him. "God can never mean that I have to follow Him at the cost of all I have?" But He does mean it. Instantly the clash is between our civilization and the call of Jesus Christ. Read the Sermon on the Mount - - "Seek first the kingdom of God" -- and apply it to modern life and you will find its statements are either those of a madman or of God Incarnate." (O. Chambers, 'Still Higher For His Highest')
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