Overcoming Death: The Force of Life

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This is Watchman Nee discussing Jesus as life to your body (OUR bodies).

"We should understand that the weariness which believers often experience in their body is in many respects distinct from that of ordinary people. Their consumption is more than physical. Because they walk with the Lord, bear the burdens of others, sympathize with the brethren, work for God, intercede before Him, battle the powers of darkness, and pommel their body to subdue it, food and rest alone are insufficient to replenish the loss of strength in their physical frame. This explains in a measure why many believers, who before the call to service were healthy, find themselves physically feeble not long after-wards. Our bodily strength cannot cope with the demands of spiritual life, work, and war. Combat with sin, sinners, and the evil spirits saps our vitality.

WE MUST DEPEND ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST, FOR THIS ALONE CAN SUSTAIN US. Should we rely on material food and nourishment and drugs we will be committing a serious blunder. Only the life of the Lord Jesus more than sufficiently meets all the physical requirements for our spiritual life, work, and war. He alone furnishes us the necessary vitality to grapple with sin and Satan. Once the believer has truly appreciated what spiritual warfare is and how to wrestle in the spirit with the enemy, he will begin to realize the preciousness of the Lord Jesus as life to his body."

Pastor Brian: Here I mention the idea of the “force of life” because I believe that it IS, in fact, that force, that resurrection life that absolutely wins out over the force of death, or anything which could cause death. The force of life (the life of God; the zoe life) tramples death underfoot. Sickness, disease, bodily weakness, and death itself are driven out by the ZOE, the God kind of life. It may be more accurate to say that the aforementioned things are overcome by the Spirit who raised Jesus Christ from the dead."

I believe it's important to do what we can to maintain these our physical bodies. You may find that you derive benefit from certain supplements, nutrients, food and such in an effort to sustain your bodies.

BUT...

...what about the bases we fail to cover for one reason or another? What if the believer in question doesn't have the money? And what about the possible needs of which we are not even aware, some of which medical science is only just beginning to discover?

To that, I say, and I believe we must ALL say, "MY help comes from the Lord."

AND...

"... if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

And I especially appreciate...

"My youth is renewed

like the eagle."🦅

The resurrection power of Almighty God trumps ALL! Speak it forth boldly. It is your heritage!

There is so much more which could be said. But I'm trying to keep this short. Yeah, I know. What do I consider to be long?🙂