The natural
Job 33:28 28 He redeemed my life
from going down to the place of corruption,
and my life sees the light!’ The natural
God’s indwelling in man’s spirit
will sanctify and separate.
Every part of that man’s life
will function in God’s strength.
That is what it takes to overcome
and then disintegrate
the tendencies of the old nature
that will go to any length.
For the soul to be brought to the point
to be in subjection to the spirit
with all that it contains to be
aligned with God, Himself.
What an opportunity
to be cleansed in every area
in thought, feeling and idea
affection and desire.
To be renewed and purified
in will and in longing.
Having dreams and opinions
in spirit magnified.
What a way to be transformed
in the likeness of our Savior.
To become a living epistle
to be read and tried.
The physical that draws its power
from weariness and pain.
It will point the will into directions
of comfort, peace and rest.
It will choose its power
to fill one’s own desire,
as it can topple the spirit
and that at its best.
Jan Wienen