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 4 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest Luke 18:31 "He took the twelve aside . . ." Friendship With Him The Only Thing of Value God took the twelve aside . . .  God's takes us aside so we can be used for His purpose.  If we think within ourselves "I can be of use to God" then God most likely cannot use us, because our hearts are already filled with our own purposes..  But if you think, "Why would He choose me? I have no value, nothing good in me," God can work with that. He delights in choosing the unlikely, the humble, the surrendered. As Christians we are here for the purpose of God.  If God chooses you, He will make a friend of you. Guard that friendship. If anything damages it, go to Him at once and make it right.  The main thing that is always under attack is our relationship with the Lord. Protect it, nourish it, and call on the ...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Mar 25 Today's Reflection from My Utmost For His Highest John 3:29 "... the friend of the bridegroom ..."  Friend of the Bridegroom Reflection A true friend of the Bridegroom is someone whose life is so centered on Christ that everything about them quietly points to Jesus. Their goodness does not increase their own importance; it reveals the One they walk with. Their calmness, their steadiness, their Christ‑shaped way of speaking and serving, all testify to the life of Jesus at work within them. Even their counsel is rooted in His wisdom, gently directing hearts toward Him, rather than toward their own insight.  This is the kind of holiness that draws people not to the person they see with their physical eyes, but to the Savior they sense tugging at their heart. And this is the relationship Chambers speaks of — a daily, vital closeness with Jesus that becomes the hidde...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Mar 20 Today's Reflection from My Utmost For His Highest Genesis 18:17 "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing...?" Divine Friendship Genesis 18 gives us a rare glimpse into the tenderness of God’s friendship with Abraham. This is not the kind of relationship built on occasional spiritual moments or brief flashes of revelation in prayer. It is the steady, lived intimacy of a life aligned with God’s heart. Chambers reminds us that true friendship with God means moving through life with a quiet confidence — not because we always know His will, but because we are so near to Him that our ordinary decisions begin to flow from that nearness. We trust that if we drift, His Spirit will place a gentle restraint within us. Friendship with God is a spacious place of liberty, delight, and holy instinct. Yet this friendship also reveals our limitations. Abraham stopped praying b...

How do we move from knowing Jesus by His works to knowing Him as Friend? Today's passages invite us beyond miracles into the quiet of relationship. Daily Bible Verse: John 14:9 (NLT) Jesus replied, "Philip, don't you even yet know who I am, even after all the time I have been with you? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father! So why are you asking to see Him?"  How long have you walked with Jesus? Do you know Him only for what He does, or do you know Him for who He is? The disciples had seen power - healing, deliverance, bold preaching - but Jesus calls them to something deeper: intimacy. John 15:15 (NLT) "I no longer call you servants... Now you are My friends, since I have told you everything the Father told Me."  Friendship with Jesus means honesty and openness. He knows your heart and your thoughts. He invites you into conversation, not just service. This is a rare, precious kind of friendship - one that meets you where you are and walks with you thro...

Daily Bible Verse:  John 13:37-38 (NLT)  Peter's bold declaration of loyalty is met with Jesus' sobering truth. "But why can't I come now, Lord?" he asked. "I am ready to die for you." Jesus answered, " Die for me? No, before the rooster crows tomorrow morning you will deny three times that you even know me. "  Following Jesus Jesus was arrested in a grove of olive trees... As the guards and others with them left with a constrained Jesus in their midst... Peter followed.  As Jesus was inside being questioned, Peter was outside being warmed by a fire. Peter meant it when he said, "I'm ready to die for you." But when the moment came, fear won. Three times the question came, "Didn't I see you with Jesus, aren't you one of his disciples?" and three times Peter's lips formed denial. Then the rooster crowed. I understand that. I've had moments where I stayed quiet, or didn't want to be labeled as 'too r...