“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul, as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit.” – Job 27:2-4
Oswald Chambers was an early-twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher. He is best remembered for the devotional book “My Utmost for His Highest.”
In that devotional book, Chambers wrote in the chapter entitled “The Waters Of Satisfaction Scattered” the following on the subject of bitterness:
“If you satisfy yourself with a blessing from God, it will corrupt you; you must sacrifice it, pour it out, do with it what common sense says is an absurd waste.” He then concludes:
“If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you hoarded it. Yet if you had poured it out to Him, you would have been the sweetest person on earth. If you are always keeping blessings to yourself and never learning to pour out anything "to the Lord," other people will never have their vision of God expanded through you.”
Whatever bitterness you have tasted, do not let it consume you. Today in prayer, thank the Lord that in Christ, you are a victor over all sin and death and pray that bitterness does not take a hold of you.
“Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” – Ron McManus
God’s Word: “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” – Ephesians 4:31
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