1.3.11

Hebrews 11:88

"By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going."

Dear friend,

Recently I completed my degree (praise the Lord!) and finally have more free time in the evenings and weekends. For the last couple weeks I have anxiously been waiting to see what the Lord would do and how I could serve Him more. I found myself asking God what was to come and I was so blown away when I read "My Utmost For His Highest" today. I know it is a bit long but I think you'll be blessed. I'm so thankful for the opportunities that have presented themselves since I've graduated (as well as before) but today's devotional really gave me insight in to this aspect of "going out" in Hebrews 11:8. After reading, feel free to e-mail us your thoughts or post on our blog!

"Have you been "out" in this way? If so, there is no logical statement possible when anyone asks you what you are doing. One of the difficulties in Christian work is this question - "What do you expect to do?" You do not know what you are going to do; the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing. Continually revise your attitude towards God and see if it is a going out of everything, trusting in God entirely. It is this attitude that keeps you in perpetual wonder - you do not know what God is going to do next. Each morning you wake it is to be a "going out," building in confidence on God. "Take no thought for your life,...nor yet for your body" - take no thought for the things for which you did take thought before you "went out."

Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is. Do you believe in a miracle-working God, and will you go out in surrender to Him until you are not surprised an atom at anything He does?

Suppose God is the God you know Him to be when you are nearest to Him - what an impertinence worry is! Let the attitude of the life be a continual "going out" in dependence upon God, and your life will have an ineffable charm about it which is a satisfaction to Jesus. You have to learn to go out of convictions, out of creeds, out of experiences, until so far as your faith is concerned, there is nothing between yourself and God." ¹

In dependence,
Mike

¹Oswald Chambers, MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST (Barbour Publishing, Inc, 1999). Also retrieved from http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi.