Who Isn't Excited about a White Wedding?

For me, Oswald Chambers is utilized in such a way that I hear God speak to me in almost every devotional he writes. I see things differently, I understand them more deeply, I desire to look at my life honestly and I choose obedience passionately. The reason is through this I see how to freely live in this world. That inspires me to obey...to taste what He desires for me and to share as only He can empower.

I rember Billy Idols lyrics "It's a great day....for a white wedding". Hey little sister who's your superman, Hey little sister it's a great to start again.  That is what the white funeral is about isn't it?  A funeral isn't exciting in this world...but think of the white wedding!  Funny, I would never have thought I would be using Billy Idol to witness for God.....but He knew.  That is why He told us in Colossians 1:16 "He created all things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Whether they are kings or lords, rulers or powers-- everything has been created through him and for him."

I pray if you do not already see this, that today you will see a glimpse, hear the Holy Spirit that is one with you on this journey and obey the simple piece that He is blessing you with ......just today!
With the love of our Savior Jesus Christ,
Candace

Do You Walk In White?

We were buried with Him . . . that just as Christ was raised from the dead . . . even so we also should walk in newness of life —Romans 6:4

No one experiences complete sanctification without going through a "white funeral"-the burial of the old life. If there has never been this crucial moment of change through death, sanctification will never be more than an elusive dream. There must be a "white funeral," a death with only one resurrection-a resurrection into the life of Jesus Christ. Nothing can defeat a life like this. It has oneness with God for only one purpose— to be a witness for Him.

Have you really come to your last days? You have often come to them in your mind, but have you really experienced them? You cannot die or go to your funeral in a mood of excitement. Death means you stop being. You must agree with God and stop being the intensely striving kind of Christian you have been. We avoid the cemetery and continually refuse our own death. It will not happen by striving, but by yielding to death. It is dying— being "baptized into His death" (Romans 6:3 ).

Have you had your "white funeral," or are you piously deceiving your own soul? Has there been a point in your life which you now mark as your last day? Is there a place in your life to which you go back in memory with humility and overwhelming gratitude, so that you can honestly proclaim, "Yes, it was then, at my ’white funeral,’ that I made an agreement with God."

"This is the will of God, your sanctification . . ." (1 Thessalonians 4:3 ). Once you truly realize this is God’s will, you will enter into the process of sanctification as a natural response. Are you willing to experience that "white funeral" now? Will you agree with Him that this is your last day on earth? The moment of agreement depends on you. - By Oswald Chambers Utmost for His Highest