Oct 5, 2008

True Spirituality

Be it political, or spiritual - we've moved away from the epicenter of trueness.

The essence of what is true: what makes a Democrat true, what makes a Republican true or more importantly: what makes a Christian true.

We have drawn the lines by taking the banner of 'judge' or the 'right opinion' and judge one-another instead of living it. The same can be said of Christians judging the church who have mistakingly gave themselves permission to judge the church on the case of spirituality because 'it's old', 'not effective', 'wrong', or 'not culturally relevant'. Any person cannot allow themselves to think they are in the right because someone is in the wrong.

A church may have deviated from true worship by sticking to tradition (hymns), but the Christian outside with a sincere intention of seeking true worship does not mean they have found the correct way. What makes if more grevious is if the Christian does not undertake what they see - making themselves a hypocrite.

What is missing from the trueness of some churches, and some seekers of true religion is we have failed to seek Christ. To seek God and his Life and power. When one steps back from picture of contemporary Christianity we must move away from being satisfied with merely quoting verse, church attendance, and giving the appearance of godliness.

We must surrender all. We must give up what we hold that bars us away from His life and power. When we are really living the life that God intends - we are not in control. We are not source of inspiration, we are merely humble vessels carrying his body of life in our hearts. We allow him to live through us. We yield to his promptings, we find our hearts beating as one with his. We throw off the mask of 'righteousness' and live a life of faith. We are His.