We will sing to the Lord with our spirit

FLOWING BY SPEAKING

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Perhaps you are wondering what it means to flow the water of life in a practical way. The flowing can be compared to flushing out something with water. To flush out a pipe is to flood it with water for the purpose of cleansing; it is to wash it out by a sudden rush of water. As Christians, from our inner being there should be a flushing of the living water. In order to have this flushing out, this strong flowing, we need to call on the name of the Lord Jesus and pray. It is also helpful to sing to the Lord.

What is particularly helpful to bring about the inner flowing is speaking to the Lord, by the Lord, for the Lord, in the Lord, and with the Lord. The more we speak in this way, the more we shall flow. If there is no one to whom we may speak, we should speak to the things in our room. Speak to the desk, the door, the walls. Speak to anything and everything. If you have a pet in your house, speak to it. Speak to the dog, the cat, the birds, or the fish. Some may regard this practice as ridiculous, but I can testify of the difference it makes to speak. Christians should not be dumb, silent. On the contrary, we must be those bubbling and welling up with life. We all have something to which we can speak. We can speak to the windows, to the doors, and to bricks and stones. When we speak, something of the Lord Jesus flows out. By speaking we are like a water hose which has both the inflow and the outflow.

The amount of inflow is in proportion to the amount of outflow. The quantity of water which flows out of us determines how much water can flow into us. In other words, how much we flow determines how much of the living water we can drink.

Life-study of Exodus

Message 45 (LSM)

Hallelujah for life in the Spirit,
Hallelujah for newness within.
When we turn from our mind to our spirit,
We enjoy all the riches of Him.

Now we’re learning to turn to our spirit,
Now we’re learning to take Christ as life;
Now we’re learning to feed upon Jesus
And be freed from all struggling and strife

I came to this song this morning. It is a real key to our Christian life. We must turn away to our spirit. Two things a saw in this song this morning. First when we sing songs to the Lord we are brought to our spirit and more importantly we are brought into oneness. This is so crucial. Secondly, I see my default condition is just dwelling in my mind. It’s only when I turn from my mind to my spirit I can enjoy Christ’s riches. Then the source is God and He can direct our mind. What a simple song but so profound. The focus on the Spirit and our spirit came from WL and is foundational to our faith.

Praise the Lord for our human spirit! We can be one with the Triune God in our spirit! We can enjoy all the riches of Christ in our spirit!

I have been in the church here over 40 years and I can testify this song is still appropriate today. We must still chose the better part. It’s not so easy.

Hallelujah for life in the Spirit,
Hallelujah for newness within.
When we turn from our mind to our spirit,
We enjoy all the riches of Him.

Let us turn from our mind to our spirit!

We will sing to the Lord with our Spirit

Hallelujah for life in the Spirit!