Well, I can tell I’m on vacation. I was scrolling through Facebook and enjoying the entries when I suddenly realized I hadn’t written my morning blog. As I was having my devotional time I had things hitting me I wanted to write about, but by the time I’d prayed it all seemed to have vanished. I must be relaxing!

I spent a good deal of time yesterday reading The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee. I purchased that book about 10 years ago and had read about half of it. I had gotten to a place where his writing was simply beyond me so I had quit thinking I’d finish it at some point. Well, recently I had begun to read it again. Amazingly, it is now making very good sense. God has been awakening in me about The Holy Spirit and my own spirit. I have written about this recently. The amazing power of God is found in His Spirit, and certainly not in our flesh. Our flesh loses to temptation when fought in flesh. However, learning to surrender flesh and to obey God’s Spiritual nudges allows victory.

This comes out often when this process is applied. The reality sure does expose man’s selfishness. There are those times when one just wants to be selfish in spite of nudges from God’s Spirit. Today’s message brought home the truth that we can never know the gratification of obedience if we only surrender to selfishness. I want to stick with obedience!