Life In The Spirit

Catchy phrase isn’t it, “Life In The Spirit”, sounds really spiritual, mysterious even. But it should not be. See, “Life in the Spirit” is meant to be lived out daily as part of a life truly separated to God. One of the best pictures of Life in the Spirit is found in a vision God gave Ezekiel. Christ, who is the man in the vision, shows him a river flowing from the temple of God, a river representing the Spirit of God. This river gradually got deeper and deeper until it was “water in which one must swim” (Ez 47:5). Many a sermon has concentrated on that phrase; hence some of the mystery. Perhaps we have missed the point. Read the story again and pay close attention to what happened. Four times Christ draws a line and each time Ezekiel says he “brought me through the waters” to that point. At each point Christ showed him something about that particular place. One was ankle deep, another knee deep, waist deep, etc. Then Christ brought Ezekiel through to the bank again and showed him incredible things about the places the Spirit of God flows. Seems to me that the point is not any certain place in the river; rather, it is that Ezekiel “look with his eyes, hear with his ears, and fix his mind on everything God was showing him.” (Ez 40:4) Yes, I certainly want to go deeper with God; but to go deeper I must daily set my eyes, ears, and heart on Christ and all He is showing me. That is Life In The Spirit.

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