222 The Spiritual Man
To forsake the soul life, however, is not as easy as deliverance
from sin. Since it is our life, the choice is ours to make daily not to
live by it but by the life of God. The cross needs to be borne
faithfully and to be borne increasingly faithfully. Let us gaze upon
our Lord Jesus Who “endured the cross, despising the shame”:
“Consider him... , that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls”
(Heb. 12.2-3 ASV). The race set before us is none other than that of
His despising the shame and enduring His cross.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his
holy name l” (Ps. 103.1)