A Promise In A Foxhole Is Not What God Is After

My Utmost For His Highest

“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing…I will bless you…” —Genesis 22:16-17

“My goal is God Himself… At any cost, dear Lord, by any road. “At any cost…by any road” means submitting to God’s way of bringing us to the goal. There is no possibility of questioning God when He speaks […] When Jesus says, “Come,” I simply come; when He says, “Let go,” I let go; when He says, “Trust God in this matter,” I trust. This work of obedience is the evidence that the nature of God is in me. It is through the discipline of obedience that I get to the place where Abraham was and I see who God is. God will never be real to me until I come face to face with Him in Jesus Christ.  The promises of God are of no value to us until, through obedience, we come to understand the nature of God. We may read some things in the Bible every day for a year and they may mean nothing to us. Then, because we have been obedient to God in some small detail, we suddenly see what God means and His nature is instantly opened up to us. “All the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen…” (2 Corinthians 1:20). Our “Yes” must be born of obedience; when by obedience we ratify a promise of God by saying, “Amen,” or, “So be it.”” CHAMBERS

So many people think that we can bargain with God.  If you do this, God, I promise I will do that.  Instead, God says .. when you do this, Christian, I will do that.  In the Army there is something called “foxhole” religion.  When soldiers, who had nothing to do with God, were in desperate straits, they would make promises to God that “if” He would save them from their peril, then they would …… Our relationship with God does not begin with Him fixing our problems.  It begins with us giving Him our hearts .. our devotion … our obedience to the Truth.  It is in our obedience, which is an act of faith, that we see the nature of God and are blessed.  ELGIN

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face.  And the things of earth will grow strangely dim.  In the light of His glory and grace.”

“Lord you have my heart, and I will search for yours.  Let me be to You a sacrifice.  And I will praise you Lord.  And I will sing of Love come down. And as I seek Your face, I’ll see your glory here.”

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

Charley Elgin