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 July 2 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest Luke 14:26-27, 33  "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sister, yes, and his own life also... And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me... So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple" The Love for Jesus  Only the Holy Spirit Can Give Relationship Priority #1  Jesus says, "If anyone does not hate... he cannot be My disciple" What He actually means is that He needs to be priority one in our lives. We do not need to actually hate anyone—we simply place devotion to Jesus Christ at the very top of our priorities. In fact, He should be the only thing on your list. Priority One:  Jesus Christ our Lord— and everything else will fall into place. No other list required.  Be devoted to Jesus. The Holy Spirit i...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections   Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page   Jun 19 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest John 21:16   ". . . do you love Me? . . . Tend My sheep"  Devotion to the Shepherd Jesus asks if we love Him... and if we do, we are to tend His sheep. I love Him, so I am writing these devotionals to feed His sheep. I am working through Oswald Chambers' book  My Utmost for His Highest  for my own spiritual growth and sharing my journey through this blog. I am trying my best to be a consistent and reliable source of encouragement and growth for His sheep. I am devoted to my Lord.  The world's way does not support people being devoted to loving Christ. The world itself does not love Jesus Christ. The way of this world is to get involved and support causes. People do not desire to follow Christ and be his disciple. They only want God for what God can do for them.  Jesus does not want luk...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Bible Verse Acts 20:24 "... so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus..." Reflection There is a quiet gravity in Chambers’ words—an invitation to look past usefulness, past opportunity, past the swirl of needs around us, and to return to the single place where calling becomes clear: fellowship with Jesus Himself. Joy, he reminds us, is not found in doing many things for God, but in doing the one thing Jesus has entrusted to us. It is the joy of alignment—of living inside the purpose for which we were created and born again. Jesus lived this way. His joy was rooted in obedience to the Father’s sending, not in the applause of the crowds or the visible success of His ministry. And then He turns to us with the same pattern: “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Not into a hundred scattered tasks, but into the ministry ...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Bible Verse John 21:17 "He said to him the third time, '... do you love Me?' "  Reflection There are moments when the Lord’s voice reaches a place no one else can touch. Not sin, not emotion, not the enemy—only His Word can press into the most tender center of who we are. When Jesus asked Peter the third time, “Do you love Me?”, it wasn’t accusation. It was revelation. The question hurt because it pierced the place where truth lived. Peter wasn’t being exposed for failure; he was being awakened to love he didn’t know he carried. The grief he felt was not shame—it was recognition. Suddenly he saw that beneath his fear, beneath his impulsiveness, beneath his earlier denials, there was a devotion deeper than words. He didn’t need to prove anything. He didn’t need to gesture toward his actions. He simply said, “Lord, You know all things.” This is the wonder of Jesus’ p...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Bible Verse John 21:17 "Do you love Me?" Reflection There are questions that skim the surface of our lives, and there are questions that cut straight through us. This one from Jesus does not stay at the level of emotion or intention. It goes deeper—past our words, past our promises, past our self‑confidence—into the place where truth lives. Peter once answered boldly, certain of his devotion, certain of his strength, certain he would never fail. But when Jesus asks him after the resurrection, the question lands differently. It hurts. It exposes. It reveals the distance between the love Peter felt and the love Jesus was calling forth from his spirit. Chambers reminds us that this hurt is not punishment. It is awakening. Sin dulls us. Self‑assurance blinds us. But the Word of God pierces—cleanly, lovingly, unavoidably—until every deception falls away. This is why the questio...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Bible Verse Mark 14:6 KJV And Jesus said, "Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me." (But Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. Why berate her for doing such a good thing to me?" NLT) Reflection There is a kind of love that stays safe—measured, cautious, respectable. It keeps its balance. It counts the cost. It never risks misunderstanding. It never pours out more than seems reasonable. And then there is the love Mary carried into that room in Bethany—love that does not calculate, love that does not protect itself, love that moves straight toward Jesus with a gift that makes no sense to anyone but Him. Chambers presses the question gently but firmly: Do you really love Him? Not in sentiment. Not in admiration. Not in warm thoughts about redemption. But in a way that takes you beyond yourself. True love for Christ always has a way of slippi...

Daily Bible Verse: Jeremiah 2:2 (NLT) "... I remember how eager you were to please Me, how you loved Me and followed Me..." There are moments in Scripture when God’s voice feels almost wistful—when He speaks not in thunder, but in memory. Today’s reading from Oswald Chambers invites us into that tender space. It asks us to pause long enough to hear what God remembers about us. Chambers presses a simple but searching question: Am I as kind toward God as I once was? Not dutiful, not obedient, not busy for Him—but kind. Spontaneously kind. Overflowing-with-love kind. The kind of devotion that once rose up without calculation or hesitation.  It’s uncomfortable to admit how easily that early love can fade into something more measured. We begin to expect God’s kindness while offering little of our own. We complain when life bends in directions we didn’t choose. We forget that Jesus Himself once said, “Give Me a drink.”  (John 4:7) He has needs we can meet—attention, affection, trus...

Daily Bible Verse John 20:28 (NLT) "My Lord and my God!" Thomas exclaimed. John 4:7 (NLT) Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, " Please give me a drink. " Acts 1:8 (NLT) "But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere...to the ends of the earth." Devotion To God When God calls you to serve... The goal of the call of God is His satisfaction. Oswald Chambers points out that the service we do for Him is the greatest competitor of our true devotion to Him.  We should be pouring out our lives and investing our total beings to His satisfaction.  But it is easier to serve Him than to pour out our lives for Him.  We are not sent to do battle for Him, but to be used by Him in His battles. Selah Prayer Lord, help me live a pure and uncompromising life devoted to You. In Jesus' name, Amen.   Breath Prayer I belong to Jesus. Walking in faith Quil Share God with someone today:...

Oswald Chambers: A Life Poured Out Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) was a Scottish evangelist and teacher whose words continue to nourish believers more than a century after his passing. Though he lived only 43 years, his devotion to Christ left a legacy that still shapes hearts today. Chambers served as a chaplain to soldiers in Egypt during World War I, offering spiritual strength in a time of fear and uncertainty. After his sudden death in 1917, his wife Gertrude (“Biddy”) carefully preserved his lectures and notes. Through her dedication, his most famous devotional, My Utmost For His Highest , was published in 1927. This book has become one of the most widely read devotionals in the world, guiding countless believers into a deeper daily walk with God. Chambers’ other writings—on prayer, discipline, love, and the Sermon on the Mount—reflect the same heartbeat: surrender to Christ and trust in His presence. Beginning January 1, of the new year, The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers: MY UTMOS...