By the simple
argument of these verses He urges us to keep our minds filled with the notion
of God's control behind everything, 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." (p. 408 July 16)
Frailty is another thing that gets in between God's say-so and ours. When we realize how feeble we are in facing difficulties, the difficulties become like giants, we become like grasshoppers, and God becomes a nonentity.
Remember God's say- so—"I will in no wise fail you." Have we learned to sing after hearing God's key-note? Are we always possessed with the courage to say—"The Lord is my helper," or are we succumbing?" (pg 324 June 5)
The above quotes are from Devotions for MORNING and EVENING with OSWALD CHAMBERS
Tomorrow’s post: Birthing True Repentance: Prayer Note #72 Dutch Sheets
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." (p. 408 July 16)
Frailty is another thing that gets in between God's say-so and ours. When we realize how feeble we are in facing difficulties, the difficulties become like giants, we become like grasshoppers, and God becomes a nonentity.
Remember God's say- so—"I will in no wise fail you." Have we learned to sing after hearing God's key-note? Are we always possessed with the courage to say—"The Lord is my helper," or are we succumbing?" (pg 324 June 5)
"Keep the notion of the mind of God behind all things strong and growing."
"How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?" Matt. 7:11
Tomorrow’s post: Birthing True Repentance: Prayer Note #72 Dutch Sheets
Today’s treasure truth #13: If you are “born again”, you are kept in safely wherever you go. Ps. 91:11
Our thought for today: Guilt enters as a thought. If you're smart, you won't believe it.
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