If we Christians sow to our flesh, living all the time to appease the desires of our flesh and fleshly mind, we will die spiritually even though we are believers. If we keep a strong hand of discipline on the inclinations of our fleshly body and give ourselves to the things of Christ, we will reap eternal life in spirit, soul, and body.

Paul left everything that seemed to be of value to him in order to come to know Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings. If we would have the buds, blossoms and almonds of resurrection life appear on our personality we must allow God to place us as He will "before the Ark of the Covenant," before His Presence.

Waiting on God does not mean we cease to seek God each day in a determined manner. It does not refer to giving ourselves over to our flesh and the world with the thought in mind that some day—maybe!—God will dump revival on our head. We find God in the day that we seek Him with all of our heart.

If our "waiting on the Lord" is passive with no time being given each day to prayer and meditation in God's Word, nothing of eternal value will spring forth in our life. "Aaron's rod" will not bloom.

Waiting on God is the first business of Christian discipleship and it requires that we give time to seeking the Lord each day—seeking Him in single-mindedness of heart. It requires also that we do not run ahead of God, attempting to build the Kingdom of God by our own wisdom, strength, and desires.

If you find yourself at this time in a place of indecision, and it seems impossible to find the right way to walk in God, ask the Lord Jesus to place all your alternatives in the Presence of His holiness. You may be required to wait for a while, and in the meantime the pressures may build. Hold steady. Pray much. Move cautiously. Stay before the Lord. In God's perfect timing, not one second too soon or too late, the wisdom He has chosen for you will bloom with His Life.

There is no power in Heaven or on the earth, angelic or human, equal to the resurrection life in Christ. If any combination of evil powers could have prevented His resurrection, Jesus never would have been able to come forth with the keys of Hell and death.

The same indestructible, irresistible force is at work in you now if you are a Christian.

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (Ephesians 1:19-21)

Aaron's rod, the symbol of incorruptible resurrection life, was in the Ark of the Covenant, in the character of God's eternal man. Also in the Ark were the memorial jar of manna and the stone slabs on which were written the Ten Commandments. The jar of manna (Exodus 16:33) was an imperishable sample of the manna that began to come down on the Israelites as soon as they had crossed the Red Sea.

To be continued.