Section 11
the spirit and not according to the flesh. It is very easy to talk about this, but not so easy to prac tice it. In order to get into this verse in reality, we need to be processed through many experiences of failure. Then we shall find ourselves more in the spirit. The only way to deal with the flesh and to be saved from its influence is to get into the spirit.
Unless we turn on a light, there is no way to deal with darkness. No matter how much we deal with the darkness, it will remain until light comes in. In the same principle, we cannot deal with the flesh if we are short of the Spirit. The more we deal with our flesh apart from the Spirit, the stronger and more active the flesh becomes. By our own striving we cannot overcome the flesh. The only way to be rescued from it is to turn to the spirit and to get into the spirit.
Our problem is that we rarely turn to the spirit willingly. Thus, we need failures to make us will ing to turn. Once we turn to the spirit, we spon taneously walk according to the spirit. We all need something to force us, to press us, to the spirit. In this matter our own willingness is not adequate.
In His sovereignty, God has a way to use the flesh in the fulfillment of His purpose. He
sovereignly manages everything related to us for the carrying out of His economy. For the sake of His economy, God uses our sinful, ugly flesh to force us to turn to our spirit that we may gain more of the Spirit. How wise and how sovereign He is!
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