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The release of the Spirit | Diet 17



A PERSON BROKEN, NOT JUST TAUGHT 

 Do you not see what God is doing in this endless round of difficulties? If not, you should ask Him, "O God, open my eyes that I may see Thy hand." How often the eyes of an ass are sharper than those of a self-styled prophet. 

Though the ass had already seen the Angel of the Lord, its master had not. The ass recognized the forbidding hand of God, but the self-styled prophet did not. We should be aware that brokenness is God's way in our lives. How sad that some still imagine that if they could only absorb more teaching, accumulate more preaching material, and assimilate more Bible exposition, they would be profitable to God. This is absolutely wrong. God's hand is upon you to break you, not according to your will, but His; not according to your thoughts, but His; not according to your decision, but His. Our difficulty is that as God withstands us, we blame others. We react like that prophet who, blind to God's hand, blamed the ass for refusing to budge. 

All that comes to us is ordered by God. To a Christian, nothing is accidental. We should ask God to open our eyes that we may see that He is striking us in all things and in all areas of our life. One day, when by His grace upon us we are able to accept the ordering of God in our environment, our spirit will be released and ready to function.


Author: Watchman Nee

Compiled and edited by: Peter O. Olutoyese 

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