This article is taken from Issue 1, Called to Surrender the Will
By Oswald Chambers
The aim of life is that the Son of God may be manifested, and all dictation to God vanishes. Our Lord never dictated to His Father, and we are not here to dictate to God; we are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. When we realise this, He will make us broken bread and poured out wine to feed and nourish others.
Why shouldn’t we go through difficulties? Through those doorways God is opening up ways of fellowship with His Son. Most of us fall and collapse at the first grip of pain; we sit down on the threshold of God’s purpose and die away of self-pity, and all so-called “Christian sympathy” will aid us to our death bed. But God will not. He comes with the grip of the nail-pierced hand of His Son, and says “Enter into fellowship with Me, arise and shine.”
In the life of a saint, there is no such thing as chance. If the life of Christ is to be manifested in your mortal flesh, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all, but rather they are meant to make you useful in His hand.
Taken from Life on the Altar Publications
Issue 1 Summer 2021
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