Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Service arises naturally from a loving and devoted life, reflecting one's connection to God.
In this quote, Oswald Chambers emphasizes that true service comes from a heart filled with love and devotion, suggesting that genuine acts of service are an overflow of one's inner state. He argues that service is not merely an obligation but a reflection of one's relationship with the divine, highlighting the importance of cultivating a meaningful connection with God in order to offer authentic service to others.
Themes
ServiceLoveDevotionGodRelationship
In practice
Example use cases
In a community center speech about volunteerism, you could say, 'As Oswald Chambers wisely noted, service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.'
More from Oswald Chambers
All quotes →Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
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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.
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It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
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Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive.
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