Lo and Behold..

   I woke up this morning pretty early and thought, I'd better go meet with Chambers this morning before my day gets out of control. Then the thought hit me that it was not Chambers I wanted to meet with, it was God. Chambers writing was the vehicle I would use to see what God might want me to see. If I am not careful, I could be substituting the writings of a man for a message from the Almighty.

   I wrote the above before I opened the text of today's reading, and, lo and behold, Chambers was writing in the same vein. He was in II KIngs chapter 2 with Elijah and Elisha as the prophetic mantle was about to be passed down. Elisha had been everywhere with Elijah, observing the power that God had given him, and he wanted that same thing, doubled. Elijah had crossed the Jordan River by striking the water with his cloak. After he, Elijah, was taken up to heaven, Elisha faced the same river with that same cloak in his hand. Now it was just Elisha and God, without Elijah alongside.

   Both Elijah and Chambers are mere men. Even as close as they were to God, they were not Him. As much as they might be used by Him, they are still men. These men got their power from God, and their lives and words can point out the way.

   Despite all the wisdom and understanding that a man like Oswald Chambers received from God, I really do not want to face my Jordans with him at my side. I want God there, showing me the way, just as He has pointed out that fact to me today.

   I may use men as signposts to God, but it is God Himself that is to be followed.

   May I remember that.