Excerpt from My Utmost for His Highest:
Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved . . . .” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. “Look to Me . . ..”
Mini Bio of Oswald Chambers:
Oswald Chambers was converted in his teen years by the ministry of Charles Spurgeon. Chambers studied art and archaeology before answering the call to Christian ministry. Author of the bestseller My Utmost for His Highest, Chambers has more than thirty other titles to his credit, all but one compiled by his wife, Gertrude.
Link to his devotional on YouVersion:
Link to his books on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Q4JgSR
You can also find good information here:
http://utmost.org
Music at the end is from an instrumental prayer CD, by Tony Girley.