![]() ![]() One night he decided to spend the whole night in prayer, wrestling with God, to find direction. Soon, his income from freelance illustrations dried up, and he began to experience financial hardship. Some friends suggested that he should enter the ministry, but he did not feel called and said that God would have to make it very clear if he was supposed to change course. Although he enjoyed his studies, he was not content. He attended the Royal College of Art in London and then the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Oswald grew as a believer and became involved in ministry to the poor, but he was a gifted artist and felt that God’s call for his life was in art. Oswald was touched by the message, and, while walking home, he and his father stopped under a street lamp and Oswald gave his heart and life to Christ. There, he and his father went to hear Charles Spurgeon preach. When he was 15, his family moved to London. Oswald Chambers was born in 1874 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of a Baptist pastor. His most well-known book is the devotional classic My Utmost for His Highest. ![]() He has become most well-known through books of his teachings that were compiled and published by his wife after his death. ![]() Some would describe Chambers as an evangelical mystic. ![]() Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelical Bible teacher and military chaplain. ![]()
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