If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. Put everything in your life afloat upon God, going out to sea on the great swelling tide of His purpose, and your eyes will be opened. If you believe in God, you are not to spend all your time in the calm waters just inside the harbor, full of joy, but always tied to the dock. You have to get out past the harbor into the great depths of God, and begin to know things for yourself – begin to have spiritual discernment.
When you know that you should do something and you do it, immediately you know more. Examine where you have become sluggish, where you have been losing interest spiritually, and you will find that it goes back to a point where you did not do something you knew you should do. You did not do it because there seemed to be no immediate call to do it. But now you have no insight or discernment, and at a time of crisis, you are spiritually distracted instead of spiritually self-controlled. It is a dangerous thing to refuse to continue learning and knowing more.
From: MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST by Oswald Chambers
REFLECTION:
- Have you been staying tied to the dock – safe in the harbor? Do you need to set sail on the great unknown?
- Is there a crisis that has you distracted or are you sluggish? What are you learning and knowing that can offer insight to mitigate this crisis/sluggishness?
- If you have no crisis at this time, is there something you need to discern to do? What is it… take a step today.