The One

Something to think about this Sabbath. This comes across as a stern warning to all of us, when we tend to undermine the real meaning of Jesus leaving God's side and all of heaven to be nailed on a cross. For us.

I doubt our minds will ever come to grasp that meaning.

" Abandonment never produces the consciousness of its own effort, because the whole life is taken up with the One to Whom we abandon. Beware of talking about abandonment if you know nothing about it, and you will never know anything about it until you have realized that John 3:16 means that God gave Himself absolutely. In our abandonment we give ourselves over to God just as God gave Himself for us, without any calculation. The consequence of abandonment never enters into our outlook because our life is taken up with Him."

Taken from My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.