The Realm of the Real

I have been reading "My Utmost for His Highest" for the past two and a half years, approximately.  This daily devotional by theologian Oswald Chambers had often provided me with more than just food for thought.  This man just had a way of effectively connecting Biblical truths and scripture to the human perspective.  His daily writings are more than tools to simply get people to 'think more', but really try to push believers to actively engage with the Word of God and live the truth of the scriptures to the fullest.  It is a push for us to give all glory to Him.


Here is today's passage that I really really enjoyed:

The Realm of the Real

"In your patience posses ye your souls."
Luke 21:19

When a man is born again, there is not the same robustness in his thinking or reasoning for a time as formerly.  We have to make an expression of the new life, to form the mind of Christ.  "Acquire your soul with patience." Many of us prefer to stay at the threshold of the Christian life instead of going on to construct a soul in accordance to the new life God has put within.  We fail because we are ignorant of the way we are made, we put things down to the devil instead of our own disciplined natures.  Think what we can be when we are roused!

 There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance.  Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.  A mood nearly always has its seat in the physical condition, not in the moral.  It is a continual effort not to listen to the moods which arise from a physical condition; never submit to them for a second.  We have to take ourselves by the scruff of the next and shake ourselves, and we will find that we can do what we said we could not.  The curse with most of us is that we WON'T.  The Christian life is one of incarnate spiritual pluck.