Subdue Me

This morning I was enlightened by the word , " My grace is sufficient for you for My power is perfected in weakness." 2 Cor. 12:9. 

Oftentimes, I desire to be a good brother never making a mistake, in spite of the fact that everyone in flesh and blood, including me, is fallen. However the Lord reminded me of my need to trust in His grace. Sometimes He sovereignly allow problems and mistakes with the sole purpose of dealing with my naturally "good man." The problem exposes me and thereby becomes an opportunity for the Lord to work Himself into me solidly. This was what exactly Paul experienced. He entreated the Lord three times that his thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, be removed, but the Lord's wonderful reply was , "My grace is sufficient for you." 

Likewise, His grace is sufficient for me to go through anything He arranges. Whatever He arranges is for breaking me, blending me and building me with others as one loaf for the building up of  the Body of Christ. This issues in the experience of God as the transcending power in all my circumstances, and thereby enabling me with others to be built up for the manifestation of the church. This subjective experience of the Lord with His subduing power ushers in to live a normal and proper Christian life for the normal church-life. 

When the subduing power subdues my natural man there is no need of outward regulations of dos and don'ts. For I will be ruled by the divine life and all else not Christ and of Christ will be subdued. Then this ruling will issue in the ruling of Christ as the Head in everything and in every believer which further issues in the manifestation of the church, the Body of Christ. However, this need a willing human cooperation with the operation of the Triune God. For this I must be desperate to open to the Lord and pray, "Lord, I need You to subdue me and rule over me in all things."