298 The Spiritual Man
The Apostle John speaks of the operation of intuition when he
asserts that the anointing of the Lord, Who dwells in the believer,
shall instruct him in all things and enable him to know all so that he
has no need for anyone to teach him. The Lord gives the Holy Spirit
to every saint in order that He may dwell in him and lead him into all
truth. How does He lead? Through the intuition. He unfolds His mind
in the believer’s spirit. Intuition possesses the inherent ability to
discern His movement and its meaning. Just as the mind instructs us
in mundane affairs,, so intuition teaches us in spiritual affairs.
Anointing in the original signifies “applying ointment.” This
suggests how the Holy Spirit teaches and speaks in man’s spirit. He
does not speak thunderously from heaven nor does He cast the
believer to the ground by an irresistible force. Rather does He work
very quietly in one’s spirit to impress something upon our intuition.
In the same way that a man’s body feels soothed when ointment is
applied, so our spirit gently senses the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
When intuition is aware of something, the spirit is apprehending
what He is saying.
To perform God’s will a Christian need simply heed the direction
of his intuition. There is no necessity to ask others, nor even to ask
himself. The Anointing teaches him concerning everything. Not once
will the Anointing leave him nor permit him to choose
independently. Any who wish to walk after the spirit ought to
recognize this. Our responsibility is none other than to accept
instruction from the Anointing. We need not decide our own way;
indeed, He will not allow us so to do. Whatever is not of the leading
of the Anointing is but our doing. The Anointing functions
independently; He does not require our help. He expresses His mind
independently of our mind’s searching or our emotion’s agitating.
The Anointing operates in mans spirit to enable intuition to know His
thought.