THE BREAKING OF THE INWARD MAN

In some believers the life of Christ is confined, restricted, imprisoned and unable to come forth. In others The Lord has forged a way through brokenness and life is released.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 . . . . and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our BODY relates to us. Our SOUL relates to others. Our SPIRIT relates to God. Our body and soul were not meant to control us. That is the struggle. God's purpose is to break the outward man so the inward man may come through.

God either plans or permits things to come into our lives to break our self-sufficiency. When we come to the place that we throw up our hands and say, "I can't do this," then we have had a break through.

God knows our special makeup. By His Spirit and His Word He orders our circumstances in such a way as to bring about the breaking of the outward man. He may target our talents and abilities, our wealth or our health.