NOVEMBER 24
A CONFLICT UNTIL…
“Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called…keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of
our Lord Jesus Christ,” (I Timothy 6:11-12,14)
The power of God resting upon a life always brings a conflict and a struggle,
for the infusion of the power of the life of Christ is in contra-distinction to
the self-will and ego of man. “The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that
ye cannot do the things that ye would,” (Gal. 5:16). Self resists and is
subdued, dealt with by His cross, and then comes the greater flow of His life
and peace within. But every progressive step into a deeper dimension has its
corresponding battle – self crucified, His life to take dominion. Thus THE WORD
becomes flesh in us, becomes a vital part of the very fiber of our being, and we
come to “KNOW in Whom we have believed.”
Yet it is a paradox, that while we are in this continuous conflict, we are also
in a continuous peace and rest in Christ. Furthermore, we are persuaded that
these very pressures which are bringing such devastation to the world, are
becoming the birth pangs for a new victory in our God. What has become the
death-throes of the old order, becomes the birthing of the new.
Nor is our conflict limited to the conquering of our own self-life, and trying
to get along with other men. There is a contest “With the spirit-forces of evil
challenging us in the heavenly contest,” (Eph. 6:12, Williams). These pressures
seem to be steadily increasing as the battle of the ages rages on in its fury,
and the atmosphere seems to be charged with negative influences, endeavouring to
“wear out the saints of the Most High,” (Dan. 7:25). However, evil shall not
prevail, but HE shall appear, and His kingdom shall be established in the earth
in righteousness.
When seems that all is brought to death, yet His life shall e’er abound, the
conflict only lasts until your whole life in Him is found.
Ray Prinzing
Sister Doris Prinzing
1130 Allumbaugh St. Apt 257
Boise, Id 83704-8700
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