The Spiritual Man-
Watchman Nee
Excerpt- 'Many
Christians are unaware how drastically the cross must work so that ultimately
their natural power for living may be denied. They do not know the reality of
the indwelling Holy Spirit nor that His authority must extend to gathering
under His control the thoughts, desires and feelings of the entire being.
Without their having an inner appreciation of this, the Holy Spirit is unable
to accomplish everything He wishes to do. The greatest temptation for an
earnest and zealous saint is to engage his own strength in God’s service rather
than to wait humbly for the Holy Spirit to will and to perform.'
Imagine, no, I don't
think we really do need to imagine because we know, we really know how powerful
our natural self is. We know the strength of self over spirit, of soul-self
over spiritual-self. All around us we are consumed by so much geared to promote
our natural self- NOT our spiritual self. We are at war and the enemy will use
every day, common scenarios to attack us.
What seems perfectly fine to the world without any consequences involved
will be appalling to the Spirit. To
learn things we do every day are things contrary to God will test us. Do we
choose the Spirit, do we choose God, or do we choose SELF. God forgive me, all
too often I choose self.
The cross has an
extreme work to do in us!
The Holy Spirit must
be a REALITY in us. The POWER of the
Holy Spirit must CONSUME us- our thoughts, our desires, our feelings- all of
us!
And…. we must wait
HUMBLY for the Holy Spirit, truly something that our natural self wants to
rebel against as it seeks to have some sort of control over us, loathed to give
up the power it so desperately wants to keep.
Please, Lord, help
us to humbly wait, help us, teach us!
In the name of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ our King now and forever!
Amen.
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