Section 5
the seeking Spirit. This seeking, enlightening, and finding of the Spirit takes place neither in the wilderness nor on the cross; it happens in our heart. This results in repentance, which is a change in our mind that produces a change in the direction of our life.
The fact that the Spirit's finding us takes place within the "house" of our being reveals that we were lost in ourselves. We were lost in our mind, will, and emotion. We were not merely lost in the wilderness—we were lost in ourselves. Christ died on the cross to bring us back from the wilderness of the world, yet we remain lost in ourselves. Therefore, the Spirit finds us in our selves. We can testify of this from our experi ence. When the Spirit enlightened our mind, emotion, will, conscience, and heart, then we began to repent.
This repentance resulting from the enlight ening of the Spirit is altogether an inward mat ter. No human being and no angel is able to do such a subjective work in us. This can be done only by the penetrating Spirit, for the Spirit is able to penetrate the depths of our being to en lighten us and expose us. Then we realize how foolish we are, we repent, and we decide to come back to the Father.