'Laws of the
Spirits'
'(1) Weights on the
Spirit
The spirit needs to be kept in a state of
perfect freedom. It should always be light, as though floating in the air; only
so may life grow and work be done. A Christian ought to realize what the
weights laid on his spirit are. Often he feels it is under oppression, as if a
thousand pound load were pressing upon his heart. He can unearth no reason for
this weight, which usually steals in upon one quite suddenly. It is employed by
the enemy to harass the spiritual, to deprive him of joy and lightness, as well
as to disable his spirit from working together with the Holy Spirit. If he does
not recognize the source of this heaviness and the meaning of the oppression in
the spirit, he cannot instantly deal with it and thereby restore his spirit
immediately to normalcy. The believer may be puzzled by such a sensation,
interpreting it to be something natural or something occasional. He
consequently may disregard it and allow his spirit to come under suppression.
How often he continues to work without paying due attention to the weight, and
frequently giving the enemy ground to play his trick at will upon him. Many
times when this one is supposed to be used by God, he instead is powerless to
accomplish God’s work because he carries this heavy weight with him. The
consciousness of his spirit grows very dull beneath such oppression. That
explains why Satan and his evil hosts focus their assault on placing a heavy
weight upon the believer’s spirit. Alas for the child of God; for he often is
unaware that the source of the weight is satanic; and even if he is aware, he
may not resist. With this load upon his spirit the Christian is bound to suffer
defeat. If he encounters it in the morning and does not deal with it at once,
he experiences defeat the whole day long. A free spirit is the basis for
victory. In order to fight against the enemy and to live out God’s life, we
must possess a spirit altogether untrammeled by weight. When it is oppressed
the Christian is deprived of his power of discernment and naturally misses
God’s true guidance. Whenever the spirit suffers oppression the mind cannot
function properly. Everything comes to a halt or else everything goes awry.
It is of utmost
consequence to deal with the heavy weight or oppression of the spirit
immediately. Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will
suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier. And should it not be
dealt away with, it will become a part of your life. Whereupon you will view
all spiritual affairs as bitter and acrid, retarding your spiritual advance. In
case you do not treat the weight the first time it will come upon you more
easily the next. The way to handle it is to stop the work at hand at once, set
your will against this weight, and exercise your spirit to oppose it.
Occasionally you may have to utter words audibly against it; at other times
with the power of your spirit you should resist in prayer. It is also
indispensable to deal with the cause of such heaviness because the oppressive
load shall remain as long as the cause goes unresolved. In addition to
resisting the enemy’s work there should be the uncovering of the cause behind
that work. And if successful, you will thereby regain the place you previously
had yielded to the enemy. If you have the power of discernment you will come to
see it was because of your failure to cooperate with God at a particular time
with regard to a particular matter that the enemy gained ground to crush you
with such a heavy weight. The lost ground must be regained. If we resist the
enemy by discovering the cause of his working, he shall flee. ' (Excerpt from
The Spiritual Man- by Watchman Nee)
Heb 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that
was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God.
(WEIGHT) Luk
8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have
heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this
life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
(WEIGHT) Luk
12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth.
(WEIGHT) Luk
21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so
that day come upon you unawares.
(WEIGHT) Rom
13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Rom 13:14 But
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfil the lusts thereof.
(WEIGHT) 2Co
7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in
the fear of God.
(WEIGHT) Col
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which
is idolatry:
Col 3:6 For
which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of
disobedience:
Col 3:7 In the
which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8 But
now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth.
Col 3:9 Lie
not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his
deeds;
Col 3:10 And
have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him
that created him
(WEIGHT) 1Ti
6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and
perdition.
1Ti 6:10 For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
sorrows.
(WEIGHT) 2Ti
2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ.
2Ti 2:4 No man
that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may
please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
(WEIGHT) 1Pe
2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,
and envies, and all evil speakings
(WEIGHT) 1Jn
2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17 And
the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
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