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A Strong Spirit Will Sustain You
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There’s no question about it. For yourself or your family or someone—you’re going to need it,
and it would be wise to get it in you. You may need to share this with someone tomorrow.
In Proverbs 4:22, he said that His words are life to those that find them. His Words are health, or
medicine, to all their flesh. What did He say in the next verse, in verse 23? “Keep your heart.”
Now he’s not talking about your physical blood pump. He’s talking about the inner part of your
being. What is the heart of a watermelon? It’s the center, the core. What is the heart of a pine tree
or oak tree? It’s the center. It’s the core. The inner part of your being—keep
that
. Keep your
heart “with all diligence.” Now when the Lord tells you to keep something with all diligence,
don’t you suppose there’s a good reason? “Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it…” out
of your heart, out of the inner part of your being, “are the issues of life.”
The Amplified Bible says, “Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you
guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.”
Where does the life that is in your flesh come from? It comes from God, but it comes from God
to your spirit, and through your spirit to your body. What happens when the spirit leaves the
body? The body is dead; it has no life. Now, think about it: the brain is still there, but it’s dead.
So the brain is not the source of life for the body.
I find it amusing that people make such a huge deal when they talk about the brain, saying that
all the inventions of man, and science and developments, have come out of those two or three
pounds of gray matter. Absolutely not. You’re not a brain. The brain is an organ like your heart
or your lung or your kidney. You will be
you
, and have your full mind and faculties without a
brain. If the Lord tarries His coming and you die, and your brain is decomposing in the ground,
you will still have your mind, wherever you are. You are a spirit, and the life that’s in your flesh
comes out from God, out of your spirit, your heart. He said, “Guard your heart, watch over it.
Keep it with diligence.” Why? Because out of your heart comes the life that’s in your flesh.
What about the condition of your spirit? Does it affect your body? Medical science is just
beginning to learn this. They’re just beginning to learn that there is a lot more to the condition of
the body and how it’s affected, what it does, who heals up and who doesn’t make it. They’re just
beginning to see and know that there’s a lot more going on here than just the chemical, or the
electrochemical, or the physical. It’s the spirit. When your spirit is weaker, does it affect your
body? Absolutely. The weaker your spirit is, the weaker your immune system is going to be, and
the weaker the electrical or chemical energy that goes to your heart, brain, or lungs is going to
be.
What if your spirit gets built up? What if your spirit gets strong and infused with life? Is that
going to affect your body? The life that’s in your flesh comes out of your insides, your spirit,
your heart.
Could God quicken you enough on the inside that life would just flood into your body and
overcome the disease? Yes! Glory to God. Aren’t you thankful the Lord has opened our eyes to
these truths, and we’re not just limited to the understanding of the natural, but there is a spirit?
God is a Spirit. You are a spirit. Your spirit can be made very strong, and that affects your flesh.