Hidden
and obscured, there is an organ and faculty deeper within man than
his soul - it has remained a mystery throughout all
the ages. It is the unknown object of every seekers search for
reality and satisfaction. It is far deeper than mans body
and deeper than mans soul.
By
yourself you could never find it. You could meditate in your mind
but never find it. You could sit under a tree for hours in the sun
or shade, make vows, ponder and clear your mind of every thought,
recollect, concentrate, open up, hoping to be enlightened, whatever…
still you would not find it. That is because the key to man is deeper
than our soul and its mind.
Man
is Tri-part in His Make-up.
1
Thes. 5:23 …I pray
God your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless...
Herein
is the key to answering our
questions.
There
is much misconception of the distinction between the soul of
man and the spirit of man,
in the world today, especially in the religious world yet there is a
very great difference in their purpose and function.
Just
as the life-giving marrow as the source of life is twice hidden in
mans flesh and also then within the bone; hidden within the body
and the soul of man is deeper part, it is the human spirit.
The human spirit is so close to the soul, so encased by the soul
that it is often mistaken for the soul, but it is not the soul. It
is the spirit of man. Job 32:8 But there is a spirit
in man: … Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the
candle (lamp) of the Lord
… Zech 12:1b …the spirit of man within him… Hebrews
4:12 … dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow…
Again
and again comes the inner yearning, restlessness, a hunger for
fulfillment. It is a desire that emanates from our unfulfilled
human spirit. It is our empty spirit, as a
living and yet empty container, that gnaws at us, desiring to
be filled. If the human spirit is yet
empty while generating this desire and hunger, what does it
desire?
The
human spirit was made principally to contain the very life of God
Himself, to be filled with God. God placed that desire in mans human
spirit that God and man might come to union.
All
roads to this deepest part of your being have been cut off our self-effort
cannot get you there… all roads wont work, but one - Only
God Himself can get you there.
Man
is never satisfied because his deepest part still remains to be
filled with Gods very life and nature. Indeed, the very
purpose and function of man is …to receive, and be filled with, the
very life of God Himself. It is for this purpose that man,
unique among creation, was created with a human spirit, the
precise location and organ meant specifically to relate to
and ultimately contain the very life of God who is The Spirit.
Oh
yes, our bodies make us to be world conscious, and souls to have and
communicate thoughts and have feeling, making us self-conscious…but
we have a human spirit to be the correct organ to…receive…
touch and… know God.
The
mind is able to think, but only the spirit can contact, receive, and
be filled with God as the fulfillment of mans desire and search for
satisfaction by our spirit we have long desired completion.
Col. 2:9-10 For in Christ all the fullness of the
Deity lives in bodily form, 10and (as a believer) you
have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over
every power and authority.
God
is Spirit, which in Greek, is pneuma, meaning, breath, air
- available as the air enveloping you.
He
is so available and so willing to fill the void that was created in
mans spirit especially to contain Him. Jesus now is the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:2, 2Cor 3:17a), and you
have a human spirit these were made to go together - in
you. 1 Cor. 6:17 But he that is joined unto the
Lord is one spirit.
