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 4 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest Psalm 37:8 "Do not fret—it only causes harm" When My Heart Begins to Fret Chambers message today hit me right in the center of my chest. I have been guilty of fretting lately. I have some changes coming up on my horizon, and I cannot see them clearly. Yet I already want to start making plans for a future I know nothing about. It is all in the Lord's hands, and He has not shown me  my steps. So I have been worrying.  I know that it is wrong. I know I cannot change one thing by worrying about it. And when I realize what I am doing, I take it to Him and tell Him all about it. His peace returns to my heart, to my life.   Chambers says worrying always results in sin because it shows our determination to have our own way. Our Lord never worried and was never anxious about anything. His purpose was never to accomplish H...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page Jun 2 Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest Psalm 25:12 "Who is the man that fears the Lord"    If We Worry... We've Forgotten Who Holds Us When worry is present in our lives, Jesus says, it is sin. If we worry about anything, that worry has replaced God. If we are obsessed with God, worry has no place in our life, without giving it space it cannot exist. If we are going to be obsessed with something... let that thing be God, not worry.  We trust everything else in our lives...God is more trustworthy than all of these man-made things we put our trust in everyday.  God made everything and everything belongs to God. He is more than trustworthy...He is the only thing that we should trust. We trust Him and we do not worry about things that we have no power to change. If we are obsessed with God, there is no room for anything else to enter in. Worry nor fear can ...

Daily Bible Verse Matthew 6:25 "Do not worry about your life..." There are days when the world feels like a steady invasion — not one dramatic crisis, but a slow, relentless press of concerns. Jesus named this long before we ever felt it: “the cares of this world… the deceitfulness of riches… the lust for other things.” They don’t storm the gates; they seep in. They whisper. They multiply. They choke. And the truth is, the “frontline” shifts constantly. One day it’s money. Another day it’s loneliness. Another day it’s the weight of circumstances you never asked for. The invasion changes shape, but the pressure feels the same. Chambers reminds us that these waves will keep coming unless the Spirit of God raises a banner against them. That banner is not our effort, our planning, or our vigilance — it is our relationship with Jesus Himself. Jesus says something that sounds almost unreasonable to our practical minds: “Do not worry about your life.” Not because life is simple. Not...

Daily Bible Verse Matthew 6:30 (NLT) "And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!" Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 are so familiar that we often glide past them, yet they still unsettle us in the best way. He points to flowers, birds, and fields—not as poetic decoration, but as living witnesses to a truth we resist: God cares for His creation with a faithfulness far deeper than our anxious minds can grasp. Chambers reminds us that the difficulty is not in understanding Jesus, but in becoming simple enough to trust Him. We complicate what He has made clear. We let the “cares of this world” crowd out the “much more” of our Father. We assume we know better. We try to manage our own feathers. But Jesus keeps inviting us to look again. Look at the birds—creatures who obey the instincts God placed within them. They do not strategize their survival; they simply live in the rhythm God de...

The Quill and Me—Devotional Blog•Oswald Chambers Reflections  Today's Devotional • Back to Home Page December 2 Daily Verse & Prayer 1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you ." Do Not Worry Worry has a way of creeping into our hearts, especially when life feels uncertain. Yet this verse reminds us that we are not meant to carry the weight alone. God’s care is not distant — it is personal, tender, and constant. Every detail of our lives matters to Him. When we release our burdens into His hands, we exchange anxiety for peace. It doesn’t mean the challenges disappear, but it does mean we walk through them with courage, knowi ng the Lord is near. Today, let us name our worries and lay them before Him, trusting Him to carry what we cannot. Prayer Father, I lay my worries at Your feet.  Please give me calm for my mind and courage for my work, and remind me -   You hold every detail.  In Jesus' precious, holy name I pray, Amen.  Do N...