Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - #
283
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Michael presents the sad picture of all “empty”
people, those without Christ. See if you
can identify and relate those you know who are “empty” with the one key word
Michael attaches to that type.
DAY 250
Soulless
For our struggle is
not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers of this
dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. --Ephesians 6:12
My father once asked me, while visiting the former
Soviet Union, "What is the deal with the art?" I explained,
"Years of refinement went into making a picture, statue, or painting that
could communicate nothing. The art is about nothing. It was dangerous to
communicate something.” Communism was about nothing, it inspired nothing, it is
the spirit of nothing, and it lingers. There is a difference between soulish people--those who
live without the influence of Christ's Holy Spirit on mind, will, and emotions--and
those who live in a soulless state. Much of what I have observed in
Africa, the former Soviet Union, and other places is soullessness, and to me that is much sadder. The
spirit of indifference is growing in its power in such places, where man fought
over the flower until it was pulled apart. I am not surprised at some of the
demonic attacks I have experienced in these areas, with their histories of having one group
oppressing the other until neither has anything, and then both wondering what
it was all about. I
know what it was all about: Satan. Our battle is not against flesh and blood but spirits and
principalities.
I have mentioned
before that if we understood why Satan would destroy a marriage, we would be
much more afraid of him. He will destroy it for nothing! No reason! He is
indifferent. After all is lost,
people often just look around, wondering what happened. At the time it made so
much sense to be angry, to protect self, and to pay back insult for insult.
Having depleted everything, they stand back and wonder what it was all about. A
boy gets a girl pregnant, and upon that discovery, he does not want to hear
from her again. Why? His involvement was all for nothing, in complete
indifference. The thumbprint
of the enemy is always indifference. We must pray to see the spiritual
principalities move.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Indifference. What a sad
word. What a sad person who is
indifferent.
May we keep in mind what some we know are
living with: soulish (living without
the influence of
Christ's Holy Spirit on mind, will, and emotions). Apart from the grace of God working in our
lives, we would be living like that.
Perhaps some can relate to a time in their adult life when times were
like that. How grateful we Saints must
be to know what living with Holy Spirit’s influence is.
But, have we ever been to a country, or in contact
with people, like Michael describes: soullessness. A spirit of indifference. The look in a person’s eyes is telling. Their actions are telling. Their words are telling.
May we take every opportunity to make every effort
to share the grace of God with any we encounter like this.
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