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 29 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest John 16:26-27 "In that day you will ask in My name . . . for the Father Himself loves you . . ." In That Day Yesterday our devotional was about "that day." That day when you come to the realization that you no longer want to—or need to—keep asking God questions. Because you know in your heart that when it is time, God will reveal to you all that you need to know. Now Chambers takes us one level deeper into that day and tells us on that day we are going to pray in Jesus' name. Not because we are using his name like a magic word at the end of our prayer to get what we want from God—even though Jesus said, "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, He will give you." But because we are already praying in His name whenever we pray. We are praying in His nature,  by the power and enabling baptism of the...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page May 22 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest John 17:21 "... that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You;  that they also may be one in Us . . ."   Because Jesus Prayed for You Chambers says if you feel like you are isolated or alone... read John 17. This is the reason—because Jesus prayed for us, that we may be one with the Father as He is. The Father in Him, and Him in us. And God is answering His prayer.  God sometimes needs to get you alone with Him—to get you away from the cares, noise, and distractions of this world. When everything familiar is stripped away and every support you once leaned on is removed, it isn’t punishment. It’s invitation. In the quiet places where no one else can reach you, God can. He uses the stillness, the isolation, even the ache of it, to shape you, steady you, and draw you into the oneness Jesus prayed for. ...