Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 252
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Michael
makes some incredible points throughout this book (My Weakness for His
Strength) on the “flesh.” Today’s observations
are just more of his beautiful insights…
DAY 167
Is It Easy To Walk In The Flesh?
It has given me
great joy to
find some of your children
walking in the truth, just
as the Father commanded us. --II John, verse 4
I
am thinking how there exists in the life of the believer a healthy tension that
can be likened to holding on to the top end of a vertical steel rod and bending
it toward the ground. The farther it bends, the more tension there is. A believer can walk a little in
the flesh without the tension’s being so great. However, a large measure of
walking in the flesh yields great tension. How long could a person hold
a steel rod bent clear to the ground? The longer it was held, the more stress
and strain there would be, and what would be the gain from such endeavor? I have observed God's people
doing some ridiculous things, and I commented that they would not be able to
withstand the tension of continuing in them. I was told of a friend’s departure
from his mate to go after another, but I knew his heart for God, and so my response was,
"He will not be able to do that!" Oh, yes, he may initially go for it, but I knew he would
not be able to bend the bar that close to the ground and hold it. I was right! We must be sensitive to a place of tension, because the flesh simply is
not worth it.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
It is easy to move into the “flesh.”
And so many Believers do this on a regular basis. But, Michael gives us two absolutes that we
must heed:
- “a large measure of walking in the flesh yields great tension.”
- “the flesh simply is not worth it.”
I wonder how many have gotten to the point of realizing both, and have abandoned
the practice of “walking in the flesh”?
By the way…have you
gotten one of Michael’s My Weakness for His Strength? Volume #2 will be coming out soon also. Have you bookmarked ALMI’s website? Lots of great sharing of the Abiding Life at
that site!
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