If we are eating only out of our own hand, and doing things solely on our own initiative without expecting God to come in, we are on a downward path. We simply begin to act on our own initiative. We set prayer aside as well and cease having God’s vision in the little things of life. We cast off certain restraints from activities we know are wrong. “Where there is no revelation ….” Once we lose sight of God, we begin to be reckless.

Examine yourself spiritually to see if you have vision, or only principles.Īh, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Our own idealistic principles may actually lull us into ruin. But wherever there is vision, there is also a life of honesty and integrity, because the vision gives me the moral incentive. I too may have the right idea of God and His attributes, but that may be the very reason why I do not do my duty. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation. Jonah tried to excuse his disobedience by saying to God, “…I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm” ( Jonah 4:2). To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. My Utmost for His Highest® Our Daily Bread for Kids® God Hears Her® Devotionals Voices Collection Back to My Utmost for His Highest® Home My Utmost for His Highest® Our Daily Bread for Kids® God Hears Her® Devotionals Voices Collection 2499 Only 12 left in stock (more on the way). A person’s own idea of God and His attributes may actually be used to justify and rationalize his deliberate neglect of his duty.

People who are totally consumed with idealistic principles rarely do anything. A principle does not come from moral inspiration, but a vision does. There is a difference between holding on to a principle and having a vision.

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