I keep hearing comments about us needing to be more spiritual or grow spiritually. I think I know what people mean by that. No, I take that back, what do we mean by that? Do we intend to go through each day in a trance with God telling us every move to make? That’s not what I intend. Here’s my question: what does ‘more spiritual’ look like? What would we be doing if we were?
I asked the apostle, Paul, that and the answers I got were surprising. Take Ephesians for example. Starting in chapter 4, maturity is maintaining unity and loving each other. Maturity is using our gifts to serve others. Maturity is living our lives in the light of Christ’s goodness and grace, watching how we live and talk and think. Maturity is being a good husband or wife, parent or child, slave or master. Spiritual maturity is not some gnostic trance but working out the real-life implications of God’s grace in all our lives. If that’s what we mean by ‘more spiritual’ then yes, we need to be ‘more spiritual’.
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