8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. James 4:8 ESV
Never allow a truth of God that is brought home to your soul to pass without acting on it, not necessarily physically, but in will. Record it, with ink or with blood. The feeblest saint who transacts business with Jesus Christ is emancipated the second he acts; all the almighty power of God is on his behalf. We come up to the truth of God, we confess we are wrong, but go back again; then we come up to it again, and go back; until we learn that we have no business to go back. We have to go clean over on some word of our redeeming Lord and transact business with Him. His word “come” means “transact.”“Come unto Me.” The last thing we do is to come; but everyone who does come knows that that second the supernatural life of God invades him instantly. The dominating power of the world, the flesh and the devil is paralysed, not by your act, but because your act has linked you on to God and His redemptive power. (Italics mine)
Chambers, Oswald (2011-05-01). My Utmost for His Highest, Classic Edition (pp. 229-230). Discovery House Publishers. Kindle Edition.
It is not our action, but the link that forms with God as a result of our action which gives us strength, power, peace, guidance, reassurance, and indeed, salvation.
I had never looked at my obedience quite this way.
My actions, no matter how godly or obedient, have no power at all. My actions don't deter satan. My actions have no inherent power. It is only because my actions draw me closer to God do they have any power at all. It is the nearness to God from which I receive peace, power, and guidance.
The questions of "rightness" or "wrongness" of an action are perhaps the incorrect questions to ask. "Will this action draw me closer to God?" should be the guiding question of all we do.
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