The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections   Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Aug 11 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest 2 Kings 2:11-12 "Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha . . . saw him no more" When Alone—He is There There are seasons when God teaches us by first removing everything familiar and comfortable. You are separated from your old life, you lose the support system that was always there, you have to go forward—alone. You carry your responsibilities alone, no one has your back, no one is holding you up.  You begin establishing what you believe—the truths you hold dear, the standards you live by, the boundaries you draw. You quietly decide, "As for me and my house..." and you stand on it.  You enter a challenging time where every decision rests on your shoulders. You take the initiative. You become the only adult in the room.  And deep inside you wish someone else could step in and make some decisions...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections   Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page   Jun 12  A Spiritual Insight Devotional 1 Corinthians 2:14   “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God… for they are spiritually discerned.”  When Others Cannot See There is a kind of seeing that does not come from the eyes. It comes from surrender. And once God opens that kind of sight in you, you begin to understand things you never understood before — not because you became smarter, but because you became yielded. But there is a quiet ache that comes with this awakening: Others cannot see what God is doing in you. Not because they refuse… but because they cannot. “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.” — Matthew 13:11 This is the part no one prepares you for. You try to explain the shift inside you — the peace, the clarity, the surrender, the unfolding, ...