All of the following quotes are from "Approved unto God" by Oswald Chambers
Acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will develop the particular side of your life that He wants developed, and be careful that you do not upset His plans by bringing in your own ideas.
I don't know why I fight for my own way so often. His ideas are always better and He knows me better than I know myself.
The only way to be sent is to let God lift us right out of any sense of fitness in ourselves and place us were He will.
I am most dependant on Him in situations where I feel out of place.
The strange thing is that a worker will more often exhibit ugly characteristics than one who is not a worker. There is an irritability and an impatience and a dogmatism about the average Christian worker that is never seen in those who are not engaged in that kind of work.
I'm not sure what this means. I would think that the closer one is with Christ, the less likely they are to be irritable, impatient, and dogmatic. One the other hand, the more committed one is to Christ, the less satisfied they are with this world. Either way, I doubt Oswald is saying these are the best characteristics of a Christian, but rather attitudes for which we need contentment even more.
We escape judgement in a hundred and one ways, consequently we do not develop.
Judgement is so often seen as a negative when judgement can also be like fire refining gold.
The motive is not a sentiment but a passion, the blazing passion of the Holy Ghost in the soul of the worker; not - "because Jesus has done so much for me. ", that is a sickening unscriptural statement. The one attitude of the life is Jesus Christ first, second, and third, and nothing apart from Him.
Christ has done the impossible for me. I could not even begin to repay Him. This gratitude certainly contributes to the joy of such works, but the motive for such works is that He is God, my Creator, and He has created me for such work.
Our Lord wants to give us continuous instruction out of His word; continuous instruction turns hearers into disciples.
I often find myself frustrated with the study of His word because it doesn't seem to change me, but it's not that I spend too much time reading and not enough doing. It's quite the opposite. I don't spend enough time at His feet. I try "doing" without proper instruction.
Present the Gospel in all it's fullness and God will guard His own truth.
I think I can't preach the gospel because I won't explain it well enough to keep people from misunderstanding, but the Gospel is the very truth of God. He will see that the truth prevails.
Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.
We often critize another's relationship with Christ because it doesn't look just like ours. While there are certainly a few universal truths, there are also lots of different variables which He uses to mature different believers.
Maintain your personal relationship with God at all costs. Never allow anything to come between your soul and God, and welcome anyone or anything that leads you to know Him better.
I am so thankful for those dear souls who spur me on in Christ.
