My Utmost for His Highest

Hardcover

My Utmost for His Highest is a devotional book. This means that each day has a small, easy-to-digest piece of theology attached to it. I’ve read many of these before, hardly ever in the way they’re intended (instead, I barrel through, doing months in a single day). While this may alter the outcome of what I get from the volume, I find this a more efficient way of reading many books in less time.

Nevertheless, I found some of Chambers’ points to be atypical of what I expected to see in a devotional. Many times he emphasized making disciples of men versus getting people to believe what you believe. I for one found this to be a breath of fresh air (albeit, one that is about 100 years old) among all the books and materials that are about converting to believe what you believe down to the last letter. I agree with Chambers in this light, as with Christianity, there is so much that is left to interpretation that is not vital for being a Christian. If there was some subtle nuance to getting Christianity “right,” it would devalue the importance of Jesus and make Christianity more akin to the card game Mao than the straightforward walk it is.

While I’m not a fan of devotionals (for the reason stated above), I did think that Chambers had some pretty good ideas that I think today’s Christian may find useful. ( )

Really glad that I spent 2011 with Chambers. ( )

Giant Print edition

Oswald Chambers changed my life with his book, "My Utmost For His Highest"! I first encountered this incredible book in 2004 when it was presented to me by my youth group as a graduation gift. During my first year of college, my friend Laura and I read ol' Ossy together, and had some amazing discussions! "Utmost" is broken into one page mini-sermons, each one attached to a calendar date. It can be read over and over again, year to year, and that is exactly how I read it! ( )