NOTHING IS MORE VITAL
to the Christian life than to walk daily after the spirit. It is this that
maintains the Christian in a constant spiritual state, delivers him from the
power of the flesh, assists him to obey God’s will always, and shields him from
the assault of Satan. Now that we understand the operations of our spirit, we
must immediately walk by it. This is a moment by moment, choice by choice
affair as we learn to be governed by the inward and not the outward. It is
during this time that we must be keenly alert to the peril of receiving the teaching
of the Holy Spirit while subsequently rejecting His leading. On
this very point have many saints stumbled and fallen. To acquire teaching alone
is not sufficient; we must also accept the leading. We should not be content
with just spiritual knowledge but treasure as well the walk after the spirit.
Often we hear people drop the words, “the way of the cross”; but what is this
way after all? It is in reality nothing else but walking by the spirit, since
to walk in that fashion necessitates the committing of our ideas, wishes and
thoughts to death. Exclusively following the spirit’s intuition and revelation
demands our bearing the cross daily.
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Prov. 4.24)
