Oswald Chambers: Peace - Life in the SpiritSample

We talk about “circumstances over which we have no control.” None of us have control over our circumstances, but we are responsible for the way we pilot ourselves in the midst of things as they are. Two boats can sail in opposite directions in the same wind, according to the skill of the pilot. The pilot who conducts his vessel on to the rocks says he could not help it, the wind was in that direction; the one who took his vessel into the harbour had the same wind, but he knew how to trim his sails so that the wind conducted him in the direction he wanted. The power of the peace of God will enable you to steer your course in the mix-up of ordinary life.

O Lord, unto You do I turn, unto You. I am but a homeless waif until You touch me with the security of Your peace, the sweet sense of Your love.

Reflection Questions: What power does peace have in my life? Do I rob peace of its power by insisting that it submit to my “common sense”? What could be more secure than being at peace with a loving God?

Quotations taken from The Moral Foundation of Life and Knocking at God’s Door, © Discovery House Publishers