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 May 4 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest Hebrews 10:19 ". . . having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus . . ." Praying With God's Heart When Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the temple was torn in two. That veil existed for separation — it marked the holy place of God where only the appointed and anointed priest could enter. He alone served as the intercessor for the people. No one else was allowed inside. The veil was torn the moment Jesus took on the sin of the world and gave His life for us all. In that moment, Jesus became our High Priest — the only One. Now we pray in Jesus’ name because He is our intercessor, the One who stands before the Father on our behalf. Vicarious means “done on behalf of someone else,” and intercession means “standing before God for someone else.” Jesus’ vicarious intercession for us is what allows our pra...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Apr 1 Today's Reflection from My Utmost for His Highest Romans 8:34, 27 “It is Christ… who also makes intercession for us. …the Spirit… makes intercession for the saints.” Taught By His Spirit Verse Explanation “It is Christ… who also makes intercession for us.” (Jesus Himself prays for us — continually, faithfully, personally.) “…the Spirit… makes intercession for the saints.” (The Holy Spirit prays within us and for us, aligning our hearts with God’s will.) Christ and the Spirit intercede without ceasing — inviting us into the same quiet work of love. Reflection Chambers reminds us that intercession is not optional for the child of God — it is the natural overflow of a heart taught by His Spirit. Christ intercedes. The Spirit intercedes. And we are invited to join that holy work. He asks us to look honestly at our lives. Are pressures, crises, or responsibilities push...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Mar 31 Today's Reflection from My Utmost For His Highest 1 John 5:16 "If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death" Interceding With Christ's Heart Verse Explanation  “If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death” (a sin we can repent of — the everyday struggles believers fall into), “he will ask” (anyone can ask God — this is intercession), “and He will give him life” (God will restore that person, renew their strength, and draw them back toward Himself) “for those who commit sin not leading to death.” (‘Death’ here means spiritual death — the final separation from God at judgment. As long as a person has not rejected God on earth before physical death, they can be forgiven, restored, and brought back into fellowship.) Reflect...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections   Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page   Mar 30 Today's Reflection from My Utmost For His Highest Isaiah 59:16 "He ... wondered that there was no intercessor ... " When Holiness Softens the Heart Reflection Isaiah paints a startling picture: God “wondered that there was no intercessor.” Not because prayer was absent, but because the kind of prayer that carries His heart was missing — the kind that rises from worship. In Isaiah’s day, people still prayed. They still worshiped. They still went through the motions of devotion. But their hearts had drifted. Their compassion had thinned. Their prayers no longer carried the tenderness of God’s own concern for the hurting, the overlooked, the weary. So God looked for someone who would stand in the gap — someone who would feel His compassion, someone who would lift the widow, the burdened, the forgotten, someone who would pray for mercy, healing, and restorat...