Oswald Chambers Quotes

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 suddenly we find we have been calculating without God; He has not entered in as a living factor. The one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying is bringing God in as the greatest factor in all our calculations.

We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.

Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

I believe God will make a way.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.

I don't know how, but I know Who

God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that we should like to know about the providential purposes which he is working out in the churches and in our own lives.

I sit and talk to God, and he just laughs at my plans.

God will always make a way where there is no way.

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.

I am convinced that wise planning is good. But plans, like material possessions, must always be held loosely. Yes - always! Plan wisely, but be ready for God to rearrange things and take you along paths that may feel dangerous to you. Don't sweat it; He knows what He's doing. And He isn't obligated to inform you ... or request permission to upset your neat little agenda!

Just because I don't understand god's plans does not mean that he is not with me.

We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

Life's great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings.

I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.

In the end, it is about whether God wants us to be in the final, but I know that is what God wants. This time we will not need the Hand of God, because it is the will of God.