As our Soul Prospers
Text:
Ps 139:13-16
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
Introduction:
As doctors examine the human body they are fascinated by the unexplained reasons why certain organs function. It is incredible to me to see those show of hearts transplants of how a heart that was in a cooler for several hours can be placed in another human jump started.
Amazing how our bodies can recover after a fracture of a bone, or an injury, all the senses working involuntary to bring back life into that area.
Ps 139:14
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
TO BE MARVELOUS
pala’ OT:6381, "to be marvelous, be extraordinary, be beyond one’s power to do, do wonderful acts."
Beyond the bounds of human power.
If our human body could be so marvelously made, we can’t even began to think about the soul and the spiritual side of us.
The revelation that psalmist had was that this marvelous work was revealed to his soul.
“And that my soul knows very well”
Point One: Man is a trinity
First of all it is important that I explain shortly the difference of Body, Soul and Spirit. The psalmist is referring to the wonderful creation of the human body. And all that it entails, and his soul man knows very well.
In short the Body is our flesh, the soul is our conscience our reasoning, the deciding factor of our thought process. In it carries our character and personality to a degree. The Spirit “Inner Man” is the will of man, the invisible part of man. The light of man.
Breakdown –
The Body is your flesh – That is weak, a disadvantage and a plus….
The Soul is your decisive part – which is to be controlled by the “New Man” the regenerated spirit
The Spirit is – The lamp of God, The real you in Christ. The eternal body.
These are all different, yet very intertwined in function, and all makes up who we are in this life and the life to come.
Point Two: Our Soul is very persuasive
I have always thought that there was a war rising in me that only included the Spirit and Flesh, I had no idea that the soul was very persuasive. Your soul is not the one caught in the middle of an argument wondering which way to go. But your soul determines a lot of your influence.
Have you met anyone so negative in life? They had a bad complaint about everything? These are people that have allowed their soul to overrule their spirit. How about Christians? That are so negative, and critical. These are people that have allowed their souls to rule their destiny.
Heb 4:12
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Sometimes we can these two confused because they are so intertwined. And sometimes we think we are reacting with our spirit when our soul is calling all the shots.
The soul must be saved, sanctified, dominated and influenced by the regenerated spirit of Man that is regenerated by the Holy Ghost and the Word of God.
Point Three: Your Soul Prospers
3 John 2:1 –
To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth:
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
3 For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
PROSPER
euodoo NT:2137, "to help on one’s way" (eu, "well," hodos, "a way or journey"), is used in the passive voice signifying "to have a prosperous journey,"
As we build up our soul, by convincing us that the Word of God is true, we began to walk in truth. You will prosper in all things as your soul prospers
V. 2- As your soul prospers – How does your soul Prosper?
1 Thess 2:13
For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
1). You must receive the Word of God – Receive means to “Associate with” and to “recognize the office”
We must associate our lives with the with the Word of God, it must be a part of us, Secondly we must recognize the office – To submit under the authority of God’s Word, whatever it says we obey.
2). Welcome it as the Word of God and not Men – How do you perceive the Word of God, is it man’s wisdom or the Word of God? It is the same word the Created the Heaven and the earth, it is the same word of God that caused light in the darkness, that spoke order in the midst of chaos. We must believe that this Word of God has the power to perform what it says it would perform, because the difference between Man’s word and God’s word is that God does not lie.
3). Effectively works in you WHO BELIEVE – The only way our soul prospers is by excersizing our faith in the word of God. The reason many don’t prosper is because many don’t believe. You must entrust your well-being to the Word of God. The effective means to activate, The word is activated by faith, and then your soul prospers.
Another Jewel we find in 3 john 2, is your soul prospers as you walk in TRUTH. What is it to walk in truth?
We live in a real world, we live by facts of life, poverty, hardship, sickness and death. Those are the facts of life but the facts are different from the truth.
The fact is you are sick, but the truth of God’s word will bring you health
The fact is you have no money, but the truth is that God will provide every need in your life
The fact is we will live in hardship, but the truth is we are more that conquerors
We must proclaim the blessing of God over the facts of life. The truth of God’s word will always prevail over the fact of man’s word.
