"Never Look For Justice, But Never Cease To Give It," Still Higher For His Highest March 22

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     Today's entry is a direct quote from "Still Higher For Highest: March 22 Bane and Blessing in the Cross" Matthew 10:22, 24, 25 by Oswald Chambers.

    Most of the time when I read anything by Oswald, I am awestruck by its timeliness. Words written years ago could not be anymore fitting for the present times we are living in. With that, I quote his entire devotional entry for March 22nd.

Still Higher For His Highest, March 22, Bane and Blessing in the Cross by Oswald Chambers 

Passages from the ESV Bible: 

    Matthew 10:22, "and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved."

    Matthew 10:24, "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master."

    Matthew 10:25, "It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household."

    Oswald Chambers,  

    "These verses need to be re-read because we are apt to think that Jesus Christ took all the bitterness, and we get all the blessing. It is true that we get the blessing, but we must never forget that the wine of life is made out of crushed grapes; to follow Him will involve bruising in the lives of the disciples as the purpose of God did in His own life. The thing that makes us whimper is that we will look for justice. If in your Christian work you look for justice you will soon put yourself in a bandage and give way to self-pity and discouragement. Never look for justice, but never cease to give it; and never allow anything you meet with to sour your relationship to men through Jesus Christ. 'Love as I have loved you.' John 15:12"

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