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Posted by knowHim (Member # 8) on :

Dull to God's call?

“And from thy kindred . . .” Personal acquaintance with God shows itself in separation, symbolized by Abraham’s physical separation from his country and his kindred. Nowadays it means much more a moral separation from the way those nearest and dearest to us think and look at things, if, that is, they have not a personal relationship with God.
Jesus emphasized this (see Luke 14:26). Arguers against obeying the call of God will arise in the shape of country and kindred, and if you listen to them you will soon dull your ears to God’s call and become the dullest, most commonplace Christian imaginable, because you have no courage in your faith; you have seen and heard, but have not gone on. If you accept sympathy from those who have not heard the call of God, it will so blunt your own sense of His call that you become useless to Him.

Every saint must stand out absolutely alone. Beware lest the sympathy of others competes with God for the throne of your life. Don’t look for a comrade other than God when God speaks to you; through you will come His purpose.

Chambers, Oswald, Not Knowing Whither, (United Kingdom: Marshall Morgan & Scott) c1934.