True
spirituality manifests itself in certain dominant desires.
1. First is the desire to be holy rather
than happy.
2. A man may be considered spiritual when
he wants to see the honor of God advanced through his life even if it means
that he himself must suffer temporary dishonor or loss.
3. The spiritual man wants to carry his
cross.
4. Again, a Christian is spiritual when he
sees everything from God’s viewpoint.
5. Another desire of the spiritual man is to die
right rather than to live wrong.
6. The desire to see others advance at his
expense.
7. The spiritual man habitually makes
eternity-judgments instead of time-judgments.
-A. W. Tozer
You
no more need a day off from spiritual concentration in matters of your life
than your heart needs a day off from beating. As you cannot take a day off
morally and remain moral, you cannot take a day off spiritually and remain
spiritual.
-Oswald Chambers
We
are spiritual beings and we should strive to keep that aspect of our being
always at the forefront, as that is the way we have been created. Just like
physical strength and mental ability, we must continue to exercise, strengthen,
and feed our spiritually nature appropriately to gain increasing ability and
stability. Likewise, just as improper exercise and consuming inappropriate food
can make us unhealthy, so too, it is with our spiritual nature.
What
we read, study, meditate on, and who we pray to and what we pray for, all
infiltrates into our spiritual nature and becomes a part of it. We should take
great pride in keeping every aspect of our being in a healthy balance, for if
one part is amiss it will assuredly affect the others. Strive to become whole
and complete, mature and not lacking anything good, and continue to always be
becoming – it is a life process and a life journey.
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