My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Week 8: Obedience
Read selected entries from My Utmost for His Highest on obedience and discipleship (e.g., mid-March entries). Key verses: John 14:15; Acts 5:29; Luke 6:46.
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Chambers strips obedience of its legalistic undertones and presents it as the most natural expression of love — and the most reliable path to spiritual clarity.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Chambers says, "If you love Me, keep My commandments" (John 14:15) — and argues that obedience is not the *condition* of Christ's love for us, but the *consequence* of our love for Him. What is the difference? Why does the order matter so much?
2.He provocatively claims that we often fail to understand Scripture not because it is unclear but because we are not willing to obey what we already understand. Is that an overstatement, or does it ring true for you? Can you think of a passage you understand clearly but have not yet acted on?
3.Chambers teaches that partial obedience is not really obedience at all — that the King James rendering "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord" while keeping the best of the spoils (Saul in 1 Samuel 15) is exactly the kind of spiritual self-deception he wants us to catch in ourselves. Where in your life might you be practicing Saul's kind of obedience?
a.What is the "best of the spoils" you might be clinging to while telling yourself you are obedient?
b.What would full, ungrudging obedience look like in that specific area?
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