Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Oswald ChambersRead
God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the idea of self-sacrifice and devotion to a higher purpose, cautioning against distractions that can divert one from their divine calling.
Oswald Chambers' quote reflects the notion that individuals are crafted through their experiences and sacrifices, much like bread and wine are prepared and shared. In this metaphor, being 'broken' symbolizes the process of growth through challenges, while 'poured-out' signifies giving oneself fully to a purpose greater than oneself. The second part warns about the need for focus and commitment to spiritual calling, as various distractions can lead one away from fulfilling their divine purpose.
Themes
SacrificeDevotionCallingFocusPurpose
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about faith, you can use this quote to inspire congregants to prioritize their spiritual journey.
More from Oswald Chambers
All quotes βNever make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
Oswald ChambersRead
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.
Oswald ChambersRead
When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
Oswald ChambersRead
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
Oswald ChambersRead
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.
Oswald ChambersRead
Similar quotes
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.
Emile M. CioranRead
Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of these ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries - but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.
Ransom RiggsRead
In dreams, we enter a world thatβs entirely our own.
J. K. RowlingRead
Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
Rosa ParksRead
To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.
VoltaireRead
We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")
Yevgeny ZamyatinRead