Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Unheeded Secret By Oswald Chambers

October 19 Edition Modern Classic Updated Classic My kingdom is not of this world. — John 18:36 Today, a great enemy of Jesus Christ is the idea we have of practical work. This idea doesn’t come from the New Testament but rather from systems of the world in which endless energy and activity are insisted upon, but no private life with God. The emphasis is placed on the wrong thing. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21 kjv); it is hidden and obscure. Too often Christian workers live in the shop window. They’ve forgotten that it is the innermost of the innermost that reveals the power of the disciple’s life. We have to rid ourselves of the spirit of the religious age we live in. As disciples, our lives are supposed to resemble our Master’s life; in his life, there was none of the stress and rush of tremendous activity that are regarded so highly today. The cornerstone of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship to him, not public usefulness to other people. Rather than wasting our time in activity, we should be soaking in the great fundamental truths of his redemption. If we don’t get into the habit of soaking in God’s truths, we will snap when the strain comes—and it will come. None of us has any idea where God is going to put us nor any knowledge of what kinds of difficulty we will face. But if we’ve prepared ourselves beforehand by getting rooted and grounded in God, we will remain true to him whatever happens.

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Roy Robertson

I went to training sessions on Evngelism Counselling with Roy Robertson of the Navigators in Adelaide in the 1970's associated with the John Haggai Crusade. We were in a basement theaterette in a building next to Victoria Square. He was up on the stage addressing us when I think there was a clap of thunder and the lights went out,. It was pitch black and you could not see a thing in front of your face. Roy hardly faltered in his talk. He kept going for several minutes without notes. Did not miss a beat. I thought what a remarkable man.