The Habit of Wealth (May 16)

From "My Utmost for His Highest" - Oswald Chambers

What does it matter if external circumstances are hard? Why should they not be! If we give way to self-pity and indulge in the luxury of misery, we banish God's riches from our own lives and hinder others from entering into His provision. No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it obliterates God and puts self-interest upon the throne...

When God is beginning to be satisfied with us He will impoverish everything in the nature of fictitious wealth, until we learn that all our fresh springs are in Him. If the majesty and grace and power of God are not being manifested in us, God holds us responsible. "God is able to make all grace abound"; then learn to lavish the grace of God on others. Be stamped with God's nature, and His blessing will come through you all the time.

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