Living The Life Of A Super-Saint

My Utmost For His Highest

“I am already being poured out as a drink offering…” —2 Timothy 4:6

“Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God you are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send your way. […] Once you have experienced the crisis in your will, you will take no thought of the cost when it begins to affect you externally. […] You must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents— burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose— the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God. But you don’t eliminate it, God does. You “bind the sacrifice…to the horns of the altar” and see to it that you don’t wallow in self-pity once the fire begins. After you have gone through the fire, there will be nothing that will be able to trouble or depress you. When another crisis arises, you will realize that things cannot touch you as they used to do. What fire lies ahead in your life?” CHAMBERS

Does that seem extreme to you?  Like, that may be for super-saints, but not for me.  I am just a regular guy or a mom or someone who sits in the pew.  That sounds more like something Moses or Paul would do, not me.  The thing is, what Chambers is describing is what God intended for all of us.  Binding yourself to the altar means that you stop trusting in yourself and trust fully in God.  That you don’t view the events of life as good or bad in terms of how they affect your life, but fully under the sovereignty of the Creator God.  The physical pain will not be less.  The heartache will pierce you just as deeply.  The personal loss may not be avoided.  But your confidence and joy will not be diminished.  Being bound to the altar means that “though He slay you, yet will you trust Him”.  (Job 13:15)  That you trust in Him with all your heart. (Proverbs 3:5,6)  That you love God first. (Matthew 22:37-39)  You don’t have to be a super-saint to do that.  That is the relationship God’s desires with everyone.  Especially you. ELGIN

“On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand”

 

“My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name.

When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace;

In every high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand.”

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)