Called of God - Chambers, Oswald

Called of God
Extracts from  my Utmost for His Highest
on the Missionary Call
Oswald Chambers

Introduction

Source

These readings were selected from my utmost for his highest, 1927.

Publication history

Compiled and published as a book in 1936.

Oswald and biddy chambers both had great hearts for missions. This can be seen in their life together and in oswalds emphasis at the bible training college1 in london, 191115. Oswald firmly believed that a missionary must be called by godbut he saw it first as a call to be and second as a call to do.

Mrs. Chambers arranged and published these selections from my utmost as a topical collection on the call of god. Her reasoning is explained in the foreword.

Throughout her years of publishing her husbands spoken words, mrs. Chambers was constantly making the material available in different formats to make it more accessible to people with a variety of interests.

Contents

Foreword to the First Edition (1936) ………….246
Called of God ……………………………………….247
The Voice of the Nature of God ……………..247
The Vocation of the Natural Life …………….247
Do You See Your Calling? ……………………..248
The Call of God ……………………………………248
The Constraint of the Call ……………………..249
The Recognised Ban of Relationship ……….249
The Overmastering Majesty of Personal
Power ……………………………………….249
The Consciousness of the Call ………………..250
The Commission of the Call …………………..250
Something More about His Ways ……………251
The Big Compelling of God …………………..251
The Brave Comradeship of God ……………..252
The Baffling Call of God ……………………….252
The “Go” of Preparation ………………………..253
The “Go” of Relationship ……………………….253
The “Go“ of Renunciation ……………………..253
The “Go” of Unconditional Identification …..254
The Method of Missions………………………..254
What Is a Missionary? ……………………………255
Missionary Predestinations……………………..255
The Key to the Missionary ……………………..256
The Key to the Missionary Message ………..256
The Key to Missionary Devotion …………….256
The Key to the Master’s Orders ………………257
The Missionary’s Goal …………………………..257
The Missionary’s Master ………………………..258
The Missionary Watching………………………258
His! ……………………………………………………258
After Obedience—What? ………………………259
Readiness ……………………………………………..259
Vision ………………………………………………….260
The Vision and the Verity ………………………260
Vision and Reality …………………………………260
The Passion of Patience …………………………261
Could This Be True of Me? ……………………261
Is He Really Lord? ………………………………..262
Fellowship in the Gospel ………………………..262
What Is That to Thee? …………………………..263
Sacramental Service ……………………………….263
Deserter or Disciple? ……………………………..264
Ye Are Not Your Own …………………………..264
A Bond-Slave of Jesus ……………………………264
Where the Battle’s Lost and Won ……………265

Foreword to the first edition (1936)

Called of god is selected from my utmost for his highest, by Oswald chambers, and is made up of those portions which bear very largely upon the missionary call. There are many who desire to have them in this separate form, both for personal use, and use in study circles when that theme is being considered. The whole subject is dealt with in fuller form in so send i you. Those in charge of young peoples classes will be glad to have these vital messages in this form for circulation among the members in preparation for corporate study.