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Oswald Chambers

My Utmost For His Highest

Oswald Chambers

Chambers's beloved daily devotional classic reflecting on God's covenant with humanity and the call to total surrender to Christ. He challenges believers to appropriate the salvation God has already provided through deepening their relationship with Him.

372 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 Getting Into God's Stride 2 The Bow In The Cloud 3 Worship 4 The Test Of Self-Interest 5 The Inevitable Penalty 6 The Conditions of Discipleship 7 The Concentration of Personal Sin 8 One of God's Great Don'ts 9 Don't Calculate Without God 10 All Noble Things are Difficult 11 The Will to Loyalty 12 The Spiritual Sluggard 13 The Spiritual Saint 14 The Spiritual Society 15 The Price of Vision 16 The Account with Persecution 17 Do You Walk In White? 18 The Voice Of The Nature Of God 19 The Vocation Of The Natural Life 20 It Is The Lord! 21 Vision And Darkness 22 Are You Fresh For Everything? 23 Recall What God Remembers 24 What Am I Looking At? 25 Transformed By Insight 26 The Overmastering Direction 27 Transformed By Insight 28 The Overmastering Direction 29 Leave Room For God 30 Look Again And Consecrate 31 Look Again And Think 32 But It Is Hardly Credible That One Could So Persecute Jesus! 33 But It Is Hardly Credible That One Could Be So Positively Ignorant! 34 The Dilemma Of Obedience 35 Do You See Your Calling? 36 The Call Of God 37 The Constraint Of The Call 38 The Recognized Ban Of Relationship 39 The Overmastering Majesty Of Personal Power 40 Are You Ready To Be Offered? 41 The Discipline Of Dejection 42 Instantaneous And Insistent Sanctification 43 Are You Exhausted Spiritually? 44 Is Your Imagination Of God Starved? 45 Is Your Hope In God Faint And Dying? 46 Must I Listen? 47 The Devotion Of Hearing 48 The Discipline Of Heeding 49 Am I My Brother's Keeper? 50 The Initiative Against Depression 51 The Initiative Against Despair 52 The Initiative Against Drudgery 53 The Initiative Against Dreaming 54 Have You Ever Been Carried Away For Him? 55 The Discipline Of Spiritual Tenacity 56 The Determination To Serve 57 The Delight Of Sacrifice 58 The Destitution Of Service 59 Inferior Misgivings About Jesus 60 Impoverished Ministry Of Jesus 61 Do Ye Now Believe? 62 The Undeviating Question 63 Have You Felt The Hurt Of The Lord? 64 The Unrelieved Quest 65 Could This Be True Of Me? 66 Is He Really Lord? 67 Amid A Crowd Of Paltry Things 68 Undaunted Radiance 69 The Relinquished Life 70 The Time Of Relapse 71 Have A Message And Be One 72 Vision 73 Abandonment 74 The Abandonment Of God 75 Obedience 76 The Discipline Of Dismay 77 The Master Assizes 78 The Worker's Ruling Passion 79 Shall I Rouse Myself Up To This? 80 The Way Of Abraham In Faith 81 Friendship With God 82 Interest Or Identification? 83 The Burning Heart 84 Am I Carnally Minded? 85 The Most Delicate Mission On Earth 86 Vision By Personal Purity 87 Vision By Personal Character 88 Isn't There Some Misunderstanding? 89 Our Lord's Surprise Visits 90 Holiness V. Hardness Towards God 91 Heedfulness V. Hypocrisy In Ourselves 92 Heartiness V. Heartlessness Towards Others 93 The Glory That Excels 94 If Thou Hadst Known! 95 Those Borders Of Distrust 96 His Agony And Our Fellowship 97 The Collision Of God And Sin 98 Why Are We Not Told Plainly? 99 His Resurrection Destiny 100 Have I Seen Him? 101 Moral Decision About Sin 102 Moral Divinity 103 Moral Dominion 104 What To Do Under The Conditions 105 Inspired Invincibility 106 The Relapse Of Concentration 107 Can You Come Down? 108 Neck Or Nothing 109 Readiness 110 Is It Not In The Least Likely? 111 Can A Saint Slander God? 112 Now Don't Hurt The Lord! 113 The Light That Fails 114 The Worship Of The Work 115 The Warning Against Wantoning 116 Instant In Season 117 The Supreme Climb 118 What Do You Want? 119 What You Will Get 120 The Graciousness Of Uncertainty 121 The Spontaneity Of Love 122 Insight Not Emotion 123 The Passion Of Patience 124 Vital Intercession 125 Vicarious Intercession 126 Judgment On The Abyss Of Love 127 Liberty On The Abyss Of The Gospel 128 Building For Eternity 129 The Patience Of Faith 130 Grasp Without Reach 131 Take The Initiative 132 You Won't Reach It On Tiptoe 133 Make A Habit Of Having No Habits 134 The Habit Of A Good Conscience 135 The Habit Of Enjoying The Disagreeable 136 The Habit Of Rising To The Occasion 137 The Habit Of Wealth 138 His Ascension And Our Union 139 Careful Unreasonableness 140 "Out Of The Wreck I Rise" 141 The Realm Of The Real 142 Divine Reasonings Of Faith 143 Now This Explains It 144 Careful Infidelity 145 The Delight Of Despair 146 The Test Of Self-Interest 147 Think As Jesus Taught 148 The Life That Lives 149 Unquestioned Revelation 150 Undisturbed Relationship 151 "Yes - But . . . !" 152 God First 153 The Staggering Question 154 What Are You Haunted By? 155 The Secret Of The Lord 156 The Never-Failing God 157 God's Say-So 158 Work Out What God Works In 159 Don't Slack Off 160 What Next? 161 The Next Best Thing To Do 162 The Next Best Thing To Do 163 Getting There 164 Getting There 165 Getting There 166 Get A Move On 167 Get A Move On 168 What Do You Make Of This? 169 The Uncritical Temper 170 Don't Think Now, Take The Road 171 Service Of Passionate Devotion 172 Have You Come To "When" Yet? 173 The Ministry Of The Interior 174 The Undeviating Test 175 Acquaintance With Grief 176 Reconciling One's Self To The Fact Of Sin 177 Receiving One's Self In The Fires Of Sorrow 178 Always Now 179 The Overshadowing Personal Deliverance 180 Apprehended By God 181 Direction Of Discipline 182 Do It Now 183 The Inevitable Penalty 184 The Conditions Of Discipleship 185 The Concentration Of Personal Sin 186 One Of God's Great Don'ts 187 Don't Calculate Without God 188 Vision And Reality 189 All Noble Things Are Difficult 190 The Will To Loyalty 191 The Great Probing 192 The Spiritual Sluggard 193 The Spiritual Saint 194 The Spiritual Society 195 The Price Of Vision 196 The Account With Persecution 197 The Point Of Spiritual Honour 198 The Notion Of Divine Control 199 The Miracle Of Belief 200 The Mystery Of Believing 201 Mastery Over The Believer 202 Dependent On God's Presence 203 The Gateway To The Kingdom 204 Sanctification 205 Disposition And Deeds 206 Am I Blessed Like This? 207 The Account With Purity 208 The Way To Know 209 After Obedience - What? 210 What Do You See In Your Clouds? 211 The Discipline Of Disillusionment 212 Till You Are Entirely His 213 Something More About His Ways 214 The Discipline Of Difficulty 215 The Big Compelling Of God 216 The Brave Comradeship Of God 217 The Baffling Call Of God 218 The Cross In Prayer 219 Prayer In The Father's House 220 Prayer In The Father's Honour 221 Prayer In The Father's Hearing 222 The Sacrament Of The Saint 223 This Experience Must Come 224 The Theology Of Rest 225 Quench Not The Spirit 226 Chastening 227 Signs Of The New Birth 228 Does He Know Me 229 Are You Discouraged In Devotion? 230 Have You Ever Been Expressionless With Sorrow? 231 Self-Consciousness 232 Completeness 233 The Ministry Of The Unnoticed 234 "I Indeed... But He" 235 Prayer Choice And Prayer Conflict 236 The Spiritual Index 237 The Fruitfulness Of Friendship 238 Are You Ever Disturbed? 239 Theology Alive 240 What's The Good Of Prayer? 241 Sublime Intimacy 242 Am I Convinced By Christ? 243 My Joy . . . Your Joy 244 Am I Convinced By Christ? 245 My Joy . . . Your Joy 246 Destiny Of Holiness 247 The Sacrament Of Sacrifice 248 The Waters Of Satisfaction Scattered 249 His! 250 The Missionary Watching 251 Diffusiveness Of Life 252 Springs Of Benignity 253 Do It Yourself 254 Missionary Munitions 255 By Spiritual Confusion 256 After Surrender - What? 257 Imagination V. Inspiration 258 What To Renounce 259 The Divine Region Of Religion 260 What's The Good Of Temptation? 261 His Temptation And Ours 262 Do You Continue To Go With Jesus? 263 The Divine Rule Of Life 264 Missionary Predestinations 265 The Missionary's Master 266 The Missionary's Goal 267 The "Go" Of Preparation 268 The "Go" Of Relationship 269 The Unblameable Attitude 270 The "Go" Of Renunciation 271 The "Go" Of Unconditional Identification 272 The Consciousness Of The Call 273 The Commission Of The Call 274 The Sphere Of Exaltation 275 The Sphere Of Humiliation 276 The Sphere Of Ministration 277 The Vision And The Verity 278 The Bias Of Degeneration 279 The Bent Of Regeneration 280 Reconciliation 281 The Exclusiveness Of Christ 282 Pull Yourself Together 283 Whereby Shall I Know? 284 After God's Silence - What? 285 Getting Into God's Stride 286 Individual Discouragement And Personal Enlargement 287 The Key To The Missionary 288 The Key To The Missionary Message 289 The Key To The Master's Orders 290 Greater Works 291 The Key To Missionary Devotion 292 The Unheeded Secret 293 Is God's Will My Will? 294 Direction By Impulse 295 The Witness Of The Spirit 296 Not A Bit Of It! 297 The Viewpoint 298 The Eternal Crush Of Things 299 What Is A Missionary? 300 The Method Of Missions 301 Justification By Faith 302 Substitution 303 Faith 304 Discernment Of Faith 305 Authority And Independence 306 A Bond-Slave Of Jesus 307 The Authority Of Reality 308 Partakers Of His Sufferings 309 Programme Of Belief 310 The Undetected Sacredness Of Circumstances 311 The Unrivalled Power Of Prayer 312 Sacramental Service 313 Fellowship In The Gospel 314 The Supreme Climb 315 The Transfigured Life 316 Faith And Experience 317 Discovering Divine Designs 318 What Is That To Thee? 319 Still Human! 320 The Eternal Goal 321 Winning Into Freedom 322 When He Is Come 323 The Forgiveness Of God 324 It Is Finished 325 Shallow And Profound 326 Distraction Of Antipathy 327 Direction Of Aspiration 328 The Secret Of Spiritual Coherence 329 The Concentration Of Spiritual Energy 330 The Consecration Of Spiritual Energy 331 The Bounty Of The Destitute 332 The Absoluteness Of Jesus Christ 333 By The Grace Of God I Am What I Am 334 The Law And The Gospel 335 Christian Perfection 336 Not By Might Nor By Power 337 The Law Of Antagonism 338 The Temple Of The Holy Ghost 339 The Bow In The Cloud 340 Repentance 341 The Impartial Power Of God 342 The Offence Of The Natural 343 The Offering Of The Natural 344 Individuality 345 Personality 346 What To Pray For 347 The Great Life 348 Approved Unto God 349 Wrestling Before God 350 Redemption Creates The Need It Satisfies 351 The Test Of Loyalty 352 What To Concentrate On 353 The Right Lines Of Work 354 Experience Or Revelation 355 The Drawing Of The Father 356 How Can I Personally Partake In The Atonement? 357 The Hidden Life 358 His Birth And Our New Birth 359 Placed In The Light 360 Where The Battle's Lost And Won 361 Continuous Conversion 362 Deserter Or Disciple? 363 "And Every Virtue We Possess" 364 Yesterday 365 Let Us Keep To The Point 366 Will You Go Out Without Knowing? 367 Clouds And Darkness 368 Why Cannot I Follow Thee Now? 369 The Afterwards Of The Life Of Power 370 Worship 371 Intimate With Jesus 372 Does My Sacrifice Live?

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