Biggies in Spiritual Life

GODLY DEPTH

SPIRITUAL FORCES and spiritual experiences are necessary processes to progress into wholeness as well-rounded Christians. Four of these are sorrow, repentance, forgiveness, and surrender. Another aspect is the breadth and dimension of one’s prayer life.

GODLY SORROW 

SORROW for wrong-doing or having caused pain to another person is acknowledged. Sorrow of this kind is an act of deep-felt regret, of immeasurable sadness, and of a wish that different choices had been made.

Sorrow like this is an honest, probing look into your heart of hearts with no excuses. It is a realization of your own part, your own self-will, the pain that you caused, or your failure to act or do what was right or best.

Sorrow produces a deep-felt inner desire to acknowledge the wrong you have done and to make it right. It is a sorrow that leads to repentance like we read about in scripture.  This kind of sorrow is not looking at the wrong in the other person, but the wrong in you–and being overwhelmed by its truth. You sorrow at your own sin and willful acts.

IN CONCLUSION

SPIRITUAL LIVING is not all peaches and cream. In actuality, spiritual living is hard work and requires much of us. The key, though, is to keep your focus on Christ. He gives us the strength and courage to keep moving forward. You will look back some day, and be relieved that you are no longer stuck like you used to be.

To God be the Glory

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