My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Week 2: Surrender and Consecration
Read selected entries from My Utmost for His Highest on surrender and consecration (e.g., January 1–7 in the daily edition). Key verses: Luke 9:23; Matthew 16:24–25.
Previewing Week 2 of My Utmost for His Highest
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Chambers returns again and again to one central question: have you truly surrendered, or are you still negotiating with God over what He can and cannot have?
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Chambers writes, "The call of God is not a call to any particular service; it is a call to be in relationship with Him." How does this reframe the way you think about your "calling" in life? Does it relieve pressure or create a new kind of pressure?
2.Chambers distinguishes between *consecration* (an act of dedication, often emotional) and *surrender* (an ongoing posture of the will that may feel like nothing at all). Have you experienced both? Which comes more naturally to you?
3.One of Chambers's arresting images is that many Christians are willing to give God their sins but not their *self* — they want forgiveness without lordship. Do you find this honest and convicting, or do you push back on it? Why?
a.What areas of your self — your plans, your reputation, your comfort — are hardest to release to God?
b.What would it look like concretely to release one of those areas this week?