This was quite the challenge to me this morning. I don’t want a scrap of self left. Totally focused, totally surrendered to Jesus Christ to be made fully usable in His hands.
…Most of us live only within the level of consciousness— consciously
serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the
fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is
produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until
we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of
being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken
bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level
where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is
completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is
consciously dependent on God.
~ O. Chambers ~
serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the
fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is
produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until
we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of
being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken
bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level
where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is
completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is
consciously dependent on God.
~ O. Chambers ~
Be blessed today!
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Thanks, Chad for posting! You know its funny, when I read this today in Oswald Chambers, I thought about posting it as well. It is such a blessing!
So what you wrote made me think of this from Andrew Murray, thanks much 🙂
"God comes and offers to work this absolute surrender in you. All these searchings and
hungerings and longings that are in your heart, I tell you they are the drawings of the divine
magnet, Christ Jesus. He lived a life of absolute surrender, He has possession of you; He is living in your heart by His Holy Spirit. You have hindered and hindered Him terribly, but He desires to help you to get hold of Him entirely. And He comes and draws you now by His message and words. Will you not come and trust God to work in you that absolute surrender to Himself? Yes,blessed be God, He can do it, and He will do it.God not only claims it and works it, but God accepts it when we bring it to Him."