Not Simply to the Call Be True...

Wow! The devotions from the past few days(from My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers)are challenging mental/spiritual comfort-zones! Not to the call be true but faithful to the One who callsWho tries the crux of motive to expose prideful pitfallsAnd test our allegiance to the Master in CommandRepentance and obedience must needs go hand in hand The Giver and the Taker of love’s sacred charge abidesWhere fear’s dark breakers roll His holy Sovereignty presidesHow wily is the Tempter, but he never overtakesA very present Helper who never leaves or forsakes The happiness we hunger for cannot be found untilWe humbly and wholly adore He who bids us be stillAnd know that He is God; He who is ruler over allIs He who calls; to Him be true, not simply to the call © Janet Martin Ps.46 God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give wayand the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foamand the mountains quake with their surging.[] 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,the holy place where the Most High dwells.5 God is within her, she will not fall;God will help her at break of day.6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;he lifts his voice, the earth melts. 7 The Lord Almighty is with us;the God of Jacob is our fortress. 8 Come and see what the Lord has done,the desolations he has brought on the earth.9 He makes wars ceaseto the ends of the earth.He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;he burns the shields[] with fire.10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth.” 11 The Lord Almighty is with us;the God of Jacob is our fortress.