Really, I'm not a Groupie!

I am really NOT an Oswald Chambers "groupie" and I read lots of other stuff too but sometimes his words just jump off the page at me. It's no coincidence that these 2 things would come at me right as I have my crisis of faith. Steve is being unbelievably patient with me -- what did I do to deserve him? I get it, God, seriously I get it.

The baffling call of God

And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. . . .

And they understood none of these things. Luke 18:31, 34

God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death; He led every one of them to the place where their hearts were broken. Jesus Christ’s life was an absolute failure from every standpoint but God’s. But what seemed failure from man’s standpoint was a tremendous triumph from God’s, because God’s purpose is never man’s purpose (emphasis mine).

There comes the baffling call of God in our lives also. The call of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated definitely what the call of God is to, because His call is to be in comradeship with Himself for His own purpose, and the test is to believe that God knows what He is after.[1]

[1]Chambers, Oswald: My Utmost for His Highest : Selections for the Year. Grand Rapids, MI : Discovery House Publishers, 1993, c1935.