Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 103
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life
Ministries International
Littleton, Colorado
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In
today’s writing, Michael has us take a look at something far too many never
associate with the “spiritual.” Life for
many is always in the “physical.” Look
carefully at what Michael writes and let God take you into the spiritual realm
to gain some keen and mighty insights into daily life.
DAY 187
Life
Teaches Him
I call heaven and earth to witness against
you today. --Deuteronomy 4:26
As my
son prepared for college, I gave him the following admonition. “At the university you will be
approached with all manner of sins. I am not asking that you do not
participate. I would hope that you would not, but I refuse to play the Holy
Spirit hovering above you. However, if you ever find yourself in sin, ask yourself if there is a
lift in your spirit. If not, stop what you are doing. All your life I have
taught you about Christ, and now life itself will teach you.”
It is true that if something is not
Christian, it is not natural. We say the Bible speaks
to us with authority because God created it. God also created life, and life speaks just as loudly as
Scripture. In fact, I believe that life is the greatest tool for
witnessing that we have. We believers possess the only “religion” that the
world supports. God created our faith, life, and world. I often let an unbeliever prove Scripture through his
own experience of misery.
For just a moment lay aside theological
knowledge and let me ask what life has taught you in regard to feeding the
flesh, being bitter, hating an enemy, looking within, refusing to love,
excusing disrespect, and avoiding God. While participating in these
behaviors has life given your spirit a lift? Are you nourished by such
behavior, or are you depleted? Stop, question, and think about your
direction. What is life telling you? What life is telling you is consistent
with Scripture. When I do roofing, I am careful not to let the hammer hit my
fingers, as has happened several times in the past. Life has punished me when
my fingers were hit. Jesus says to love an enemy. In the past I have chosen
slander. Life taught me that slander hurts me. We believers have been taught far more through life than by
reading, and why not? God is the Author of life, and for life to run smoothly,
it must run in Him. Stop hitting your thumb.
How
many of us ever stop to ask the question: “Is there a lift in my Spirit?” when
involved in anything? Perhaps the bigger
question is do we ever even think to ask that question!?! That question alone would eliminate much from
Christian’s lives that God desires to be removed.
You may be asking: “Why did Lee use a capital S in
that question?” Well, when we are Born
Again our “old man” was crucified with
Jesus…dead…no longer. God gave us His
Spirit to be
our Spirit for all eternity (John 14:26;
Romans 8:9-11). So it is fitting and
natural to ask if
my Spirit has been lifted in any given
situation. By the way, just recognizing
and realizing
that we are primarily a Spiritual person
would go a long way toward prompting us to ask that
question.
Life
can easily teach us that sin doesn’t fit us…it is foolish for us.
Therefore
it is simple to understand that something not Christian is NOT natural for one
of God’s kids! We who are Spiritual have
to do the unnatural to sin. How does
doing anything unnaturally make us feel?
Most times extremely dissatisfied and uncomfortable, as well as
“depleted and not nourished.” Well,
amen!
Don’t
believe me? If you are right-handed, try
going through a day with your right hand tied behind you and using only your
left hand. (Lefties do the
opposite). How does that feel? Unnatural.
Uncomfortable. Dissatisfied. Need any more???
And
when will we recognize and acknowledge that what LIFE is telling us is
CONSISTENT with SCRIPTURE?
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
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