My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Week 3: Knowing God
Read selected entries from My Utmost for His Highest on the knowledge of God and intimacy with Christ (e.g., January 8–14). Key verses: Philippians 3:10; John 17:3.
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Chambers insists that Christianity is not fundamentally about doctrine, ethics, or service — it is about knowing a Person, and all of those other things flow from that singular pursuit.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Paul writes in Philippians 3:10, "That I may know Him." Chambers returns to this verse repeatedly. What does Paul mean by "knowing" Christ here? How is it different from knowing *about* Him?
2.Chambers argues that the greatest enemy of knowing God is not atheism or sin — it is busyness done in God's name. Does this surprise you? How much of your spiritual life is spent *doing* versus *being with* God?
3.Chambers writes that we often prefer to work for God rather than wait on God because working makes us feel useful and waiting makes us feel useless. Can you identify with this? What does waiting on God actually look like in practice for you?
a.Is there a situation in your life right now where God seems to be asking you to wait rather than act?
b.What is the hardest part of that waiting?