In recent years the writer that God has used in my life, more than any other, is Oswald Chambers. An unknown Baptist teacher, God raised his ministry to prominence only after his death.
I hadn’t read Oswald in a while until this morning…then I remembered why. I love Oswald – yet I flee from Oswald – because the Lord uses him to point out those things that most preachers are too nice to say.
In my reading today, Oswald quoted the old Scottish preacher Robert Murry McCheyne – and desired to have his words engraved on his heart – “The greatest need for my people is my personal holiness.” An exaggeration, true. The greatest need of every person is his or her own personal holiness – yet…. The people of God rarely reach a level not illustrated before them in the lives of their leaders. Sunday School teachers – The greatest need for your class is your personal holiness. Deacons - The greatest need for your families is your personal holiness. Pastor – The greatest need for Wellborn Baptist Church is your personal holiness.
God grant us an overcoming walk with Jesus as He makes us holy even as He is holy.
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