[Manna - July 16]
Be ye filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
THE measure of our filling will correspond with the
measure of our emptying of the spirit of self-will, and
filling with the spirit of faith and obedience.
And although
the obedience cannot do otherwise than manifest
itself in the daily life, nevertheless it is the obedience
of the intention, of the will, of the heart, that
the Lord regards in His consecrated people.
Hence
some whose hearts are thoroughly loyal to the Lord
may be pleasing to Him, while not the most pleasing
to some of those with whom they come in contact;
while others, "highly esteemed among men" because
of outward moralities, may be an "abomination" in
the sight of God, because of coldness or dishonesty
of heart.
Nevertheless, he that hath the new hope in
him, and the new spirit, will seek to purify himself,
not only in his thoughts, but also in his words and
deeds and all his affairs, inward and outward. Z.'99-92 R2456:2