True Spirituality


Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (Phil 2:5)


We often struggle in our Christian walk because we try to ‘spiritualize’ our flesh life thus leading to lack of moral victory, weariness and depression. Haven’t we heard people telling us not to spiritualize the common things in life, could it be because they detected some irregularities in the way we walk, talk and live? If there is a lack of genuineness than there is a danger of us taking on a form of pseudo spirituality? This is true if we, in our weak human mind, attempt with our utmost to spiritualize our life and everything that we do daily. We try to bring in the spiritual into our lives by ‘cleaning up’ some clutter in our lives to make room for 'spirituality'. Failing to achieve spiritual victory brings about self disapproval. Paul says that ‘There is therefore now no condemnation’ (Rom 8:1) if we don’t make room but rather allow God to fully immerse us in spirituality. True spirituality is not something we are obligated to fulfill sometime during the course of our day, but instead being soaked in the spiritual life that compels us to be naturally fitted into God’s agenda. To achieve this is not in the trying, but hunger and thirst (Matt 5:6) and come to an end of ourselves with the realization of bankruptcy of our spirit (Matt 5:3). God in His Grace and Mercy will fulfill that prayer, because He has a greater desire to conform us to Him than we trying to make the Christian life fit to according to our needs and convenience.


That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:21)


There is a danger that we make spirituality a showcase that ‘God has worked into me’. Jesus was very natural in the cooking of fish by the seashore and in His interaction with people. ‘It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself’ (Oswald Chambers). We need to understand oneness with Christ as the spiritual coming to us, not we fitting in the spiritual.


Jesus came from the realm of the spirit to dwell among man. He lived a very ‘real’ life and the people loved Him. The rejection of His Lordship was from the pseudo spiritual ones that had supposed deeper spiritual understanding and authority. He rose from death of the cross with scars and ate food (Luke 24:42). Let His mind be in us so that we live the life of the Son of God in power of spiritual authenticity without any form of inconsistencies (Jam 1:8, 4:8) that the world may see Christ in us the hope of glory (Col 1:27)