Sermons & Devotionals by Utmost For His Highest

“Rivers of living water.” John 7:38 A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do w... Lee mas

“Building up yourselves on your most holy faith.” Jude 20 There was nothing either of the nature of impulse or of cold-bloodedness about Our Lord, but only a calm strength that never got into panic. Most of us develop our Christianity along the line of our temperament, not along the line of God. Imp... Lee mas

“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters … so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.” Psalms 123:2 This verse is a description of entire reliance upon God. Just as the eyes of the servant are riveted on his master, so our eyes are up unto God and our knowledge of His counte... Lee mas

“And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” Matthew 5:30 Jesus did not say that everyone must cut off the right hand, but - If your right hand offends... Lee mas

“Faith as a grain of mustard seed…” Matthew 17:20 We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, it may he so in the initial stages; but we do not earn anything by faith, faith brings us into right relationship with God and gives God His opportunity. God has frequently to knock the bottom board... Lee mas

“I being in the way, the Lord led me…” Genesis 24:27 We have to be so one with God that we do not continually need to ask for guidance. Sanctification means that we are made the children of God, and the natural life of a child is obedience - until he wishes to be disobedient, then instantly there is... Lee mas

“Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20 The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in motive because he has been made good by the super-natur... Lee mas

“Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly piled with contempt.” Psalms 123:3 The thing of which we have to beware is not so much damage to our belief in God as damage to our Christian temper. "Therefore take heed to thy spirit, that ye deal not treacherously." The tempe... Lee mas

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 Immediately we look at these words of Jesus, we find them the most revolutionary statement human ears ever listened to. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God." We argue in exactly th... Lee mas

“Agree with thine adversary quickly.” Matthew 5:25 Jesus Christ is laying down this principle - Do what you know you must do, now, and do it quickly; if you do not, the inevitable process will begin to work and you will have to pay to the last farthing in pain and agony and distress. God's laws are ... Lee mas

“Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 Deliverance from sin is not deliverance from human nature. There are things in human nature, such as prejudices, which the saint has to destroy by neglect; and other things which ha... Lee mas

“By this we believe … Jesus answered, Do ye now believe?” John 16:30-31 Now we believe. Jesus says - Do you? The time is coming when you will leave Me alone. Many a Christian worker has left Jesus Christ alone and gone into work from a sense of duty, or from a sense of need arising out of his own pa... Lee mas

“Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.” Luke 22:28 It is true that Jesus Christ is with us in our temptations, but are we going with Him in His temptations? Many of us cease to go with Jesus from the moment we have an experience of what He can do. Watch when God shifts your cir... Lee mas

“Separated unto the Gospel.” Romans 1:1 Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God. The one thing that is all important is that the Gospel of God should be realized as the abiding Reality. Reality is not human goodness, nor holiness, nor heaven,... Lee mas

“Buried with Him … that … even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4 No one enters into the experience of entire sanctification without going through a "white funeral" - the burial of the old life. If there has never been this crisis of death, sanctification is nothing more than a v... Lee mas

“He calleth … by name.” John 10:3 When I have sadly misunderstood Him? (John 10:17.) It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine was no more to Mary than the gras... Lee mas

“And Abraham built an altar . . and bound Isaac his son.” Genesis 22:9 This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. what God wants is the sac rifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, viz., sacrifice o... Lee mas

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:5) Don't calculate without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have calculated on without taking Him into account. We get into circumstances which were not chosen by God, and sudd... Lee mas

“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalms 37:5 Don't calculate without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have calculated on without taking Him into account. We get into circumstances which were not chosen by God, and sud... Lee mas

“Whatsoever ye shalt ask in My name, that will I do.” John 14:13 Am I fulfilling this ministry of the interior? There is no snare or any danger of infatuation or pride in intercession, it is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit whereby the Father is glorified. Am I allowing my spiritual life to... Lee mas