Proper 19 B - John 6:44 - My Utmost for His Highest

The Drawing of the Father
"No man can come to Me, except the Father which
hath sent Me draw him."
John 6:44

When God draws me, the issue of my will comes in at once - will I react on the revelation which God gives - will I come to Him? Discussion on spiritual matters is an impertinence ... Belief is not an intellectual act; belief is a moral act whereby I deliberately commit myself. Will I dump myself down absolutely on God and transact on what He says? If I will, I shall find I am based on Reality that is as sure as God's throne.

In preaching the Gospel, always push the issue of will. Belief must be the will to believe. There must be a surrender of the will ... a deliberate launching forth on God and on what He says until I am no longer confident in what I have done, I am confident only in God. The hinderance is that I will not trust God, but only my mental understanding ...

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp. It is God who draws me, and my relationship to Him in the first place is a personal one, not an intellectual one. I am introduced into the relationship by the miracle of God and my own will to believe, then I begin to get an intelligent appreciation and understanding of the wonder of the transaction.

~Oswald Chambers