Many
are in the process of having soul and spirit divided. Life is to be
found within the spirit, yet many interpret quality of life in the
spirit by what is happening in the soul.
The day Christ entered the
believer’s life, He brought along a treasure chest full of all that is
needed for successful living. The chest holds acceptance, love,
assurance, security, commitment, and daily help. This chest, however,
lies in the spirit, though the immature believer continues to look outside
of the spirit for fulfillment. He turns to the soul for completion
through the intellect (if only he can understand how he acts), through a
strong will (if he can only change what he hates and acquire
righteousness), or through changing emotions (if only he could feel
loved, accepted, and valued). He looks to the body for satisfaction in
attractiveness. Fulfillment is believed to come through the accolades of
others: children, mates, friends, family, parents, and co-workers.
Titles and vocations promise to fill the emptiness.
If you were
God, what would you do to divide soul and spirit to force the believer
to look deeper and discover all the riches of Christ that dwell within
the spirit? That would be important, for if the believer could discover
that true life is within, then nothing outside him would be able to
destroy him. It does not mean that the believer would live the life of
the unaffected (as a Hindu), but it does mean that the believer would be
able to sing hymns in prison. First, would you not make all knowledge
fail and emotions sink and lose their attractiveness? Second, would you
not allow the will of man to fail him as it loses control in some area
of life? Finally, if you were God, would you not cause both the world
and all those in whom the believer trusts to fail to meet his deepest
needs?
This is the dark wedge, the sword that God drives between
soul and spirit. “The word of God is living and active, and sharper than
a two-edged sword, able to divide soul and...
A child of God- beloved, holy, righteous, blameless, healed, forgiven, brand new, sheep, salt, light, a branch, temple of God, reconciled, a saint, God's workmanship, hidden with Christ in God, an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life, a partaker, a living stone- crucified with Christ, I no longer live but Christ lives IN ME!
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