Watchman Nee Daily Devotional for March 22
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8.6.
Just as the life of a man cannot afford to be momentarily interrupted, even so, the power given by the Spirit must always be renewed and supplied. What the Spirit of God does at one time may not be the same thing He will do every time. Each contact with Him brings in fresh power. Our communication with the Holy Spirit is not once and for all.
When, for example, we hear of other people’s spiritual experience, we naturally will try to imitate. We expect God to lead us in the same way and grant us the same result. How often we are disappointed in this respect. God has to allow us to be frequently disappointed so that we will seek him by directly depending on the Holy Spirit.