270 The Spiritual Man
whether this opposition emanates from God or from the enemy.
Should it be the latter his resistance by the spirit through prayer will
release his inner man and thus he can advance with God. But if it is
not from the enemy, the believer shall find as he advances that his
own spirit becomes more oppressed, heavily burdened, and void of
liberty.
In sum, then, the servants of God today must set aside every work
which is not appointed by Him, that should long have been forsaken,
which monopolizes everything, that does not come from the spirit,
which oppresses the spirit and deflects spiritual work, and that is
even good but nonetheless deprives them of other and nobler tasks.