"Utmost with the Least Most":DIVINE CONTROL
July 16, 2009
THE NOTION OF DIVINE CONTROL- by Oswald Chambers
How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
good things to them that ask Him?
Matthew 7:11
Jesus is laying down rules of conduct for those who have His Spirit.
By the simple argument of these verses He urges us to keep our minds
filled with the notion of God's control behind every thing, which
means that the disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust
and an eagerness to ask and to seek.
Notion your mind with the idea that God is there. If once the mind is
notioned along that line, then when you are in difficulties it is as
easy as breathing to remember - Why, my Father knows all about it! It
is not an effort, it comes naturally when perplexities press. Before,
you used to go to this person and that, but now the notion of the
Divine control is forming so powerfully in you that you go to God
about it. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those who
have His Spirit, and it works on this principle - God is my Father,
He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget, why
should I worry?
There are times, says Jesus, when God cannot lift the darkness from
you, but trust Him. God will appear like an unkind friend, but He is
not; He will appear like an unnatural Father, but He is not; He will
appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the notion of the
mind of God behind all things strong and growing. Nothing happens in
any particular unless God's will is behind it, therefore you can rest
in perfect confidence in Him. Prayer is not only asking, but an
attitude of mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is
perfectly natural. "Ask, and it shall be given you."
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God is in control.
Whether I know it or not, act like it or not, He is in control. The universe works, my world is ok, because he is in control. Now if he could only only control me.
Often I wonder, Is he in control of me?
I may not always be sure who is in control of me, but I know God is in control and with that I can rest assured that either by internal connection, or external protection, God is in control of my life.
Is he Yours?
He is you know......, conviction or confirmation, you have the Holy Spirit to assure you that no matter the circumstance, there is no coincidence with God. Every moment of your life he is ready, willing, and able to meet you in it.
Right where you are, in the midst of your challenges, or your success. God is there, whether you see him or not, hear Him or ignore Him.
Jesus came to assure us that no matter how we may think, what we may do, or ideas we may have about God, He is our Father and He is always there. Jesus said, not only is He our Father, but when we call, he will hear, when we ask he will answer.
Jesus called us as His own so we could be assured of that.
We have but to Trust Him and what he has said, Not what we feel or do.
"Trust in the Lord, with all thy heart, lean not into thy own understanding.
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy path"
Do you trust Him?
Father,
Be with us as we seek to give you our love.
Help us to obey when we need to trust you.
When we do not, forgive us.
When we fail, help us.
Be our God in all we do as seek to know you today.
I pray for all of us,
In Jesus name,
Amen.
God bless you.
Michael James Stone
