Chapter 201—More Than Mortal Power
When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall
lift up a standard against him.
Isaiah 59:19
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God has provided divine assistance for all the emergencies to which our
human resources are unequal. He gives the Holy Spirit to help in every strait,
to strengthen our hope and assurance, to illuminate our minds and purify our
hearts.
Your part is to put your will on the side of Christ. When you yield your
will to His, He immediately takes possession of you, and works in you to
will and to do of His good pleasure. Your nature is brought under the control
of His Spirit. Even your thoughts are subject to Him. If you cannot control
your impulses, your emotions, as you may desire, you can control the will,
and thus an entire change will be wrought in your life. When you yield up
your will to Christ, your life is hid with Christ in God. It is allied to the
power which is above all principalities and powers. You have a strength from
God that holds you fast to His strength; and a new life, even the life of faith,
is possible to you.
You can never be successful in elevating yourself, unless your will is on
the side of Christ, cooperating with the Spirit of God. Do not feel that you
cannot; but say, “I can, I will.” And God has pledged His Holy Spirit to help
you in every decided effort.
The lifework given us is that of preparation for the life eternal. If we
accomplish this work as God designs we shall, every temptation may work
for our advancement; for as we resist its allurements, we make progress in
the divine life. In the heat of the conflict, unseen agencies will be by our side,
commanded of heaven to aid us in our wrestlings; and in the crisis, strength
and firmness and energy will be imparted to us, and we shall have more than
mortal power....
Those who would be conquerors must engage in conflict with unseen
agencies.... The Holy Spirit is ever at work, seeking to purify, refine, and
discipline the souls of men, in order that they may become fitted for the
society of saints and angels.
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