This is so true!
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In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord....,(Isaiah 6:1)
Our soul's personal history with God is often an account of the death of our heroes. Over and over again God has to remove our friends to put Himself in their place, and that is when we falter, fail, and become discouraged. Let me think about this personally- when the person died who presented for me all that God was, did I give up on everything in life? Or did I do as Isaiah did and see the Lord?
My vision of God is dependant upon the condition of my Character. My character determines whether or not the truth can be revealed to me. Before I can say, " I saw the Lord," there must be something in my character that conforms to the likeness of God. Until I am born again and really begin to see the Kingdom of God, I only see from the perspective of my own biases. What I need is God's surgical procedure- His use of external circumstances to bring about internal purification.
Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God, and no one else is taken into account whatsoever. Your prayer should then be,
"In all the world there is no one but You, dear God; There is no one but You!"
Keep paying the price. Let God see that you are willing to live up to the vision.
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I hope this will bless you as much as it has me. I love the wisdom of Oswald Chambers. He speaks the mind of God!
Perennial Pioneer
