My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Week 12: Abandonment, Maturity, and the Highest Life
Read selected entries from My Utmost for His Highest on abandonment, maturity, and the fullness of life in God (e.g., autumn–winter entries). Key verses: Philippians 4:11–13; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3–4.
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In these final thematic entries, Chambers holds out the vision of a Christian life so thoroughly surrendered to God that it has become effortlessly, joyfully His — and he insists this is not for spiritual superstars, but for anyone willing to say yes.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Paul writes in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Chambers calls this the apex of Christian experience. In your own words, what does this verse describe? Does it sound like something you have experienced, something you are moving toward, or something that feels impossibly distant?
2.Chambers describes "abandonment" not as passivity or fatalism, but as an active, joyful entrusting of every part of your life to God — what he calls "reckless" trust. What makes this recklessness wise rather than irresponsible?
3.He draws a picture of spiritual maturity as the point at which we stop *trying* to be holy and simply *are* holy by habit and grace — the way an athlete stops thinking about technique and simply plays. Where on that journey from conscious struggle to Spirit-formed habit do you find yourself in different areas of your life?
a.In what area of your character has the most growth happened? What did that growth process look like?
b.What area of character still feels like hard, conscious struggle? What does Chambers say about persisting in that struggle?
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