After I wrote the last devotional on "Getting Rid of the Good in Favor of the Best", one of my readers sent me an email saying that "now I had gone from preaching to meddlin' "! I wrote back to say that the Word of God meddles often with me. So along those lines, it looks like more meddlin' is on the way.
The other night as I was heading to bed I picked up "My Utmost for His Highest", a devotional by Oswald Chambers and read the devotional for that day. I was surprised to read what it said.
It is the things that are right and noble and good from the natural standpoint that keep us back from God's best...Very few of us debate with the sordid and evil and wrong, but we do debate with the good. It is the good that hates the best and the higher up you get in the scale of the natural virtues, the more intense is the opposition to Jesus Christ...Jesus said, "If any man will be My disciple, let him deny himself.."
Once again, this is hitting me in the realm of my possessions and the clutter I keep. Am I willing to deny myself of the good (my treasures that clutter my life) in order to achieve my best for God? Last time I looked at how my clutter diminishes my effectiveness in serving God as I ought and how I can't be a good steward of my time and resources if I am living in clutter. Have I crucified my flesh with the affections and lusts? Here again I am being reminded of this very thing. This is just an example of how God's Word is alive and speaks to where we are. It is also example of how God confirms to our hearts that what we have discovered before is indeed something He wants us to learn.
So, what area is God pointing out to you in your life where you need to give up the good to achieve His best? Think about it.
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