He Comes Where He Commands Us to Leave
Matthew 11:1
"When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities."
"If you stayed home when God called you to go because you were so concerned about your own people there, then you actually robbed them of the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. When you obeyed and left all the consequences to God, the Lord went into your city to teach, but as long as you were disobedient, you blocked His way. Watch where you begin to debate with Him and put what you call your duty into competition with His commands. If you say, "I know that He told me to go, but my duty is here," it simply means that you do not believe that Jesus means what He says."
He Works Where He Sends Us to Wait
'....tarry until....' (Luke 24:49)
"Wait on the Lord" and He will work (Ps. 37:34). But don't wait sulking spiritually and feeling sorry for yourself, just because you can't see one inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our own spiritual fits of emotion to 'wait patiently for Him' (37:7)? Waiting is not sitting with folded hands doing nothing, but it is learning to do what we are told.
These are some of the facets of His ways that we rarely recognize."
From My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers (Aug 1st)
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