I love reading the English Christian writer, Oswald Chambers. He was a missionary and speaker back in the of World War I. During the war, he served as a Chaplain for the British army and was serving in Cairo, Egypt when he passed away in 1917. His wife took all of his sermons and talks and compiled various books from them. The most famous is called My Utmost for His Highest.

There are many great and challenging things that he said. This book is a daily devotional and I have read it through many times, but as I re-read over the years, I still come up with thoughts that powerfully catch my attention or relate to something I am dealing with in my life. Today was an example of that and I thought I’d share.

“Faith must be tested, because it can only become your intimate possession through conflict. What is challenging your faith right now? The test will either prove your faith rights, or it will kill it. Jesus said, “Blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Matthew 11:6). The ultimate thing is confidence in Jesus. “We have becomes partakers of Christ is we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end. . . . ” (Hebrews 3:14). Believes steadfastly on Him and everything that challenges you will strengthen your faith. There is continual testing in the life of faith up to the point of our physical death, which is the last great test. Faith is absolute trust in God–trust that could never imagine that He would forsake us (See Hebrews 13:5-6).”