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It was, surprisingly, the beginning of a spiritual winter. Yet another life-changing event happened at Dunoon when the preacher FB Meyer came to speak on the Holy Spirit, with Oswald responding by asking God to fill him with the Holy Spirit. When Oswald and his wife later started a Bible college, they followed this pattern of incarnational ministry. There he lived in community, appreciating how the principal lived with his students, making himself available not only during the lectures but at mealtimes as well. He left Edinburgh and enrolled in Dunoon Theological College.

He emerged from the night with a clear sense of calling to the ministry. But when his freelance work dried up, Oswald found himself grappling with God. As he had a great ability in art, he had enrolled in the University of Edinburgh to study art and philosophy. Stopping under a street lamp, his father said: “You can do it now!” And so he did.Īnother experience was wrestling with God one night. Although Oswald was raised in a Christian family – with his father a minister – he confessed regretfully on the way home that he didn’t respond to the invitation to become a disciple of Christ. One was hearing a message by Charles Spurgeon. Several experiences in his formative years shaped the course of his life. Oswald Chambers was born in Aberdeen in 1874, but his family moved to London when he was 15. I imagine Chambers would be surprised to learn how his words have travelled over the years and continents.

Over 13 million copies of My Utmost have been sold worldwide, and 330,000 Facebook members now follow the official Oswald Chambers page. Indeed, he died before his most-loved book, My Utmost for His Highest, was even compiled and published by his wife, Biddy. Today marks the centenary of the death of Oswald Chambers, the most published devotional writer of all time – an accolade he never sought.

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