The Spiritual Man

716 The Spiritual Man

has not ordered He shall never give His strength to supply. If we
should become active outside the realm of God’s will we shall
discover the life of God is apparently leaking away and that our
fragile body must undertake the task. In order to live by Him we
must not be presumptuous; we should begin to move only upon being
assured that it is truly God’s will. Solely through obedience will we
experience the reality of His life for us. Else would He ever give us
His strength to rebel against Him?

The Blessing of This Life

Were we to receive the life of the Lord Jesus to be the life of our
body, we would today experience our bodies being strengthened by
the Lord as well as our spirits being prospered by Him.

As far as our knowledge is concerned we already realize that our
body is for the Lord; yet because of our self-will He is unable to fill
us completely. But now we commit our all to Him that He may deal
with us in whatever way He wishes. We present our bodies a living
sacrifice; therefore we control neither our life nor our future. Now
we truly understand what is meant by the body for the Lord. What
worried us before cannot now shake us. The enemy may tempt us by
reminding us that this way is too risky or that we are being too
unmindful of ourselves; even so, we are not frightened as we used to
be. One thing do we know: we belong to the Lord absolutely: nothing
can therefore befall us without His knowledge and permission.
Whatever attack may come is but an indication of His special
purpose and His unfailing protection. Our bodies are no longer ours.
Every nerve, cell, and organ has been handed over to Him. No more
are we our own masters, hence we no longer are responsible. If the
weather abruptly changes, this is His business. A sleepless night does
not make us anxious. No matter in what unexpected way Satan
assaults, we remember the battle is the Lord’s and not ours. Then and
there the life of God flows out through our bodies. At such an hour