Prayer - A Holy Occupation / Day 6 / by Oswald Chambers

Oswald Chambers: Prayer - A Holy Occupation

Day 6 of 30 By what right do we become a “royal priesthood”? By the right of the Atonement. Are we prepared to leave ourselves resolutely alone and to launch out into the priestly work of prayer? The continual grubbing on the inside to see whether we are what we ought to be generates a self-centered, morbid type of Christianity, not the robust, simple life of the child of God. In regard to prayer, we are apt to be apologetic and apathetic, complex and confused; yet what a splendid audacity a child has, and that is what our Lord taught us to have. Reflection Question: With whom, or in what situation, do I need to become less self-centered and more God-centered? Quotations taken from My Utmost for His Highest and Christian Discipline, vol. 2, © Discovery House Publishers Matthew 18:1-4 Matthew 18:1-4 KJV 1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.