Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 210
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In
“Day 46” of MWfHS Michael embraces an idea that few would ever entertain,
simply because of “forbidden thoughts” that legalists often thrust on
Believers. But Michael shows their inhibitions
toward Truth lead to missing out on two great revelations.
DAY 46
Christ's Gain
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for
whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their
salvation perfect through suffering. --Hebrews 2:10
On a recent international trip I was
sitting on the front pew waiting to preach. During the song service I looked on
the wall at a picture of Mary holding Jesus. God becoming a man! I have always thought of the
great loss Jesus experienced in having to leave heaven to become a man. I had never before thought there
was gain for Him, but there are two areas of gain that I see. First, though I know little
about Him, I know He is
the lover of my soul. God created man like a fine automobile, but a car
cannot drive on its own. I have seen in the bottom of a ferryboat a tangled and
beaten-up heap of cars after a storm at sea. Those lost cars had no drivers. Jesus stepped in to become the
driver in man and
to make the creation perform perfectly. He comes to dwell in each of us, to drive, so to speak.
Second,
when spirit dwells in flesh,
the spirit will either be perfected or destroyed. In heaven, without
hindrances, spirit never really sees its limitations. This is partially the
problem that Satan had, thinking he was equal to God. Putting spirit in flesh is redeeming for the spirit as
the short course in revealing weakness. Once spirit has lived in flesh and found that it is
conquered by flesh (spirit is willing but the flesh is weak), spirit enters
into humility. Clinging to and empowered by God, spirit perceives something it
never would have if not presented with that new level of need: a deeper
experience of the glory of God as He meets the need. Spirit as it lives and is being
perfected in flesh reveals the glory of God. Having descended and ascended, does Jesus see the
Father differently? If so, is it gain? Jesus was made perfect through
suffering. What does this
mean for me? Jesus put Himself
in a place of great need, but God did more than meet the need. So maybe
God the Father will never seem the same for Jesus. Has the Father gotten even
more wondrous and beautiful to Jesus? Maybe for the first time in my life, I am happy that I
began as a man. Having
God help me in my weakness gives me a view and experience of God that no angel
will ever have. We
are spirits trapped in flesh; in our weakness He becomes our strength.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
There is nothing to talk about any further…than to speak of enjoying all
that Jesus IS to us:
1. Jesus came to dwell in us to become the driver in man and make the
creation perform perfectly.
2. Spirit as it lives and is being perfected in flesh reveals the glory
of God.
3. In our weakness, He becomes our strength.
Well, amen.
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