At some point in our spiritual
journey we become aware that we have touched the Lords life and it begins to flow through us and
minister to others. All the while we remain unaware that it is being filtered
and mixed with our soul. As we continue to walk with the Lord he will make us
aware of this.
A love and desire for a pure spirit will be birthed in us.
When we are young in the Lord and first begin to experience the gospel in power we are at times overwhelmed and much of what comes out is mixed, so people touch our life as well as the Lords. We must allow the Lord to so work in our lives that a pure word flows forth. Through the discipline and revelation of The Holy Spirit this can be done.
When the spirit comes forth, it
must not be shadowed by our soul. Through the discipline of The Holy Spirit we
are broken. The natural life begins to find less expression as we minister. The
Lord produces a cleanliness or purity of spirit in us.
As we walk in a greater measure of
light we judge ourselves before God and are changed from glory to glory. If we don’t
submit in this area then our soul and spirit automatically come out together.
At some point this will cause great
harm and confusion as we bring people into a mixed experience.
As I have walked with the Lord over
the years this is the single biggest problem in the lives of God's people.
Frequently we touch both life and death in our brother. We find God but also
self, a meek spirit but also stubbornness, the Holy Spirit but also the
flesh...all in the same person! When we stand to speak, many may be impressed but a mixed spirit remains, a spirit which is not clean.
May the cry from all those who
desire to share the Lords life be "Create in me a clean heart.
Renew within me a right spirit." Divide
the spirit from the soul that Your life may find pure, perfect and powerful
expression.
