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Proper Air Supply
You and I are living on the battlefield. We are in the thick of the engagement now on. We must take sides. And the side we take affects the result of the struggle, because that struggle is through us.
You know how a diver working down at the bottom of a river or of the sea, must take his own atmosphere along with him. He is working in a strange element—water. He must have his own native element—air—to live in and he must have a constantly fresh supply of it, too.
The prince of the power of the air has been tampering with the moral atmosphere of the earth; he has poisoned it. An atmosphere of doubt, of compromise, of disloyalty to God surrounds us. We have to stay here and fight, and it is hard work fighting in such air. Indeed it is impossible. We must live in an inner air-chamber, filled with the sort of air which is native to us. And that inner air-chamber must have continual connection with the pure air of God above.
Shall I give you a formula for the sort of atmosphere for the inner air-chamber of our lives? It is a simple formula with five items in it. No one item can be omitted. First is this, "the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin." Second, is this—the whole of one's life and activities yielded to the control of the Holy Spirit. Third, this—habitual obedience to His Voice. Fourth, this—daily quiet time with the Book that the ear may be keen to know what He is saying, and the mind instructed in His will. And fifth—recognition of the enemy, and earnest aggressive resistance in Jesus' great Name.