Oswald Chambers: MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST:12/27/08
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" 'If you will return, O Israel, ' says the Lord..." (Jeremiah 4:1)
This battle that Chambers describes is what I believe hell to be like. Unlike some, I don't know if we truly experience hell on earth or just glimpses of it. I know I have experienced glimpses of both heaven and hell; it's a no brainer for me which I prefer. A Christian's Secret to Happy Life as described by Hannah Whitall Smith is to spend as little time as possible in those dark and secret places of guilt and shame. Satan would have us spend eternity there but our loving Father has provided a fast and easy way out, the very second we are convicted in our souls of a wrong doing. That is what repentance is all about, that and asking for the strength and wisdom not to walk into a particular sin trap again out of a lack of alertness or discipline.
http://www.myutmost.org/ (Select date)
" 'If you will return, O Israel, ' says the Lord..." (Jeremiah 4:1)
This battle that Chambers describes is what I believe hell to be like. Unlike some, I don't know if we truly experience hell on earth or just glimpses of it. I know I have experienced glimpses of both heaven and hell; it's a no brainer for me which I prefer. A Christian's Secret to Happy Life as described by Hannah Whitall Smith is to spend as little time as possible in those dark and secret places of guilt and shame. Satan would have us spend eternity there but our loving Father has provided a fast and easy way out, the very second we are convicted in our souls of a wrong doing. That is what repentance is all about, that and asking for the strength and wisdom not to walk into a particular sin trap again out of a lack of alertness or discipline.
I expect I will be repeating this cycle for the rest of my life, for as soon as I surrender one thing, God has another weakness for me to address. I was first born of Adam, so I accept this, but I celebrate my new birth in Christ and the way out of those little moments of hell. I pray that I will hold fast to this truth, that God does want me to experience human happiness, remembering the suffering that I must do to get there is not always a bad thing. It helps me to be more compassionate and forgiving of others who have not yet realised that the battle is won and our Lord reigns.
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