Quotes about Guidance
Whenever our right becomes the guiding factor of our lives, it dulls our spiritual insight.
— Oswald Chambers
We are not made for brilliant moments, but we have to walk in the light of them in ordinary ways.
— Oswald Chambers
He comes where He commands us to leave.
— Oswald Chambers
If we are saved and sanctified God guides us by our ordinary choices, and if we are going to choose what He does not want, He will check, and we must heed. Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never reason it out and say—"I wonder why I shouldn't?" God instructs us in what we choose, that is, He guides our common sense, and we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually saying—"Now, Lord, what is Thy will?
— Oswald Chambers
Our Lord never dictated to His Father, and we are not here to dictate to God; we are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. When we realise this, He will make us broken bread and poured-out wine to feed and nourish others.
— Oswald Chambers
God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.
— Oswald Chambers
Get into the habit of saying. "Speak, Lord," and life will become a romance.
— Oswald Chambers
the yoke of the Lord Jesus.
— Oswald Chambers
never act on the impulse of that feeling. If you do, you will cause difficult situations to arise which will take years to untangle. Wait for God's timing and He will do it without any heartache or disappointment.
— Oswald Chambers
Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of faith, not of understanding and reason—a life of knowing Him who calls us to go. Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest traps we fall into is the belief that if we have faith, God will surely lead us to success in the world.
— Oswald Chambers
My personal life may be crowded with small, petty happenings, altogether insignificant. But if I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God. Then, when I stand face to face with God, I will discover that through my obedience thousands were blessed.
— Oswald Chambers
At first, Jesus Christ through His Spirit has to restrain you from doing a great many things that may be perfectly right for everyone else but not right for you. Yet, see that you don't use your restrictions to criticize someone else.
— Oswald Chambers