Quotes from Oswald Chambers

The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us.

We are not on display in God's showcase—we are here to exhibit only one thing—the "captivity [of our lives] to the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Never choose to be a worker, but once God has placed His call upon you, woe be to you if you "turn aside . . . to the right or the left . . ." (Deuteronomy 28:14). He will do with you what He never did before His call came to you, and He will do with you what He is not doing with other people. Let Him have His way.

God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings.

The only possible way to have full understanding of the teachings of Jesus is through the light of the Spirit of God shining inside us.

Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

What makes God so dear to us is not so much His big blessings to us, but the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us—He knows every detail of each of our individual lives.

That Christ died for me, and therefore I am completely free from penalty, is never taught in the New Testament.

To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation.

But the most impossible thing for you is to be so closely identified with the Lord that there is literally nothing of your old life remaining.

Is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life, or are you exhibiting a walk of spiritual pride before Him?

Do I have a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one true sign of discipleship is intimate oneness with Him—a knowledge of Jesus that nothing can shake.