" Never live for those exceptional moments, they are surprises. God will give us His touches of inspiration only when He sees that we are not in danger of being led away by them. We must never consider our moments of inspiration as the standard way of life, our work is our standard." (Oswald Chambers)
Chambers talks in this reading about the dangers of exceptional moments with God. If we concentrate on them and wait for them to appear before we actually do anything for God, then we, as self assured saints, are worth very little to Him.
There have only been a couple of times in my life that I would come close to calling "exceptional", times when I felt like God was speaking directly to me. I find that I call these up at times when I have the feeling that maybe God really does not care much about me or my situations. The memories of those are assurances for me, that He is there and He does care.
It could be that I do not have more of these "exceptional moments", because most of my work is of the type that I can do in my own strength. It is comfortable and convenient work that requires little, if any, of a stepping out in faith to do it.
If truth be told, I do want those special moments of God in my life, but I don't put myself in a position to receive them many times.
I may be somewhat self assured, but I'm not on any track for sainthood, and that is not a good thing.
Help!
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