402 The Spiritual Man
believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns
too long around one topic, worries or grieves too much over matters,
and ponders too intensively to know God’s will, it may become
unbearable and hamper its normal operation. The mind needs to be
kept in a steady and secure state.
Since the mind occupies such a signal position, the Christian,
when working together with others, must be careful not to break into
his brother’s thought. Such action creates much suffering for that
one’s mind. When his thoughts are being guided and led on by the
Spirit, the believer is terribly apprehensive of interference. Any such
act will terminate his thought and set his mind to stretch beyond its
proper measure, rendering it unfit to cooperate with the Holy Spirit.
Accordingly, not only must we keep our own mind free but we
additionally must respect our brother’s mind. We first must find out
the trend of our brother’s thought before we can respond to him;
otherwise, we shall cause that brother to suffer unduly.