This is a weekly series with things I’m reading and pondering from Oswald Chambers. You can read the original seed thought here, or type “Thursdays With Oswald” in the search box to read more entries.
He Simply Says, “Do It”
You can’t wash anybody’s feet mysteriously; it is a purely mechanical, matter-of-fact job; you can’t do it by giving him devotional books or by praying for him; you can only, wash anybody’s feet by doing something mechanical. Our Lord did not tell the disciples how they were to do it: He simply says—‘Do it.’ …
The one great problem in spiritual life is whether we are going to put God’s grace into practice. God won’t do the mechanical; He created us to do that; but we can only do it while we draw on the mysterious realm of His divine grace. ‘If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments.’
From Biblical Ethics
I can dress it up all I want to, but I must obey what Jesus said.
I cannot pray about, I have to do it.
I cannot get someone else to do it, I have to do it.
I cannot get a pass on this, I have to do it.
Lord, what commands of Yours am I failing to do?
Craig T. Owens 