Word of Life

Underestimatingthe Word Having no real appetite for the Word is what limits our using of our Righteousness. What is it that limits our acting upon the Word and taking our place in Christ? What is it that holds us from taking advantage of our Righteousness in Christ? We know that we are the Righteousness of God in Christ. We know that God is the strength of our lives. We know that we have His ability. We know that He is our sufficiency to meet every crisis in our lives. We know that His Word in our lips will heal the sick, strengthen the weak, awaken the unsaved to their condition and bring them to a saving knowledge of Christ. All this we know. Why are we so slow to act? It is the unrenewed mind. After one is Born Again and comes into this vast inheritance of Grace, his mind is not in harmony with his recreated spirit. So, it is necessary that his mind be renewed. This unrenewed mind holds many men and women, who might be greatly used of the Lord, in a state of uselessness. Their minds may be renewed by acting on the Word, and by an intimate acquaintance with the Master through the Word. When the Word is ignored, reason (sense knowledge) takes the throne. Another reason why men fail to use their Righteousness is because the Senses rule their spirits. Fear and unbelief are on the throne. They are afraid to take their place. They see the need. They know they should be able to set that person free who is held in bondage by the Adversary, but that unrenewed mind, that lack of spiritual initiative, benumbs them. This comes from a low type of fellowship with the Father. They have no real appetite for` the Word. They enjoy reading about the Bible more than they enjoy feasting upon it. There is no sense of appreciation of the Lordship of the Word, of its authority in their lips, or of their ability through the Word to stir men and women to real action. If one lacks the sense of the Lordship of the Word, they will never be able to use it although they may intellectually know that they are the Righteousness of God, that they have the ability of God, that they have a legal right to the use of Jesus' Name with all its authority. This comes from a low type of fellowship, from walking out of love. They do not recognize the Lordship of love nor the Lordship of the Word. They have no fearless confession of what they are in Christ. There is a sense of feebleness of spirit, a vacillating faith, a yielding to circumstances. All the time they will acknowledge that they are the Righteousness of God, yet they are not taking advantage of it. They are living in bondage to the Senses. They are not practicing the Word of Righteousness. They are unconsciously turning to the Senses for help and succor in their hour of need. They act like common men. They are moved by the jealousies of those around them. They ignore their place in Christ. In a time of crisis they seek for someone else to pray for them or to act for them. They ignore the use of the Name of Jesus. They forget what manner of men they are. They are living mediocre lives when they should be supermen. They are weak when they should be strong. They have everything. They know their wealth. They know their rights. And yet they live in spiritual poverty. Why? Because they are not taking their place and acting on the Word. Two Kinds of Righteousness.