My spiritual “Rehab”
by Not Well Versed
God has been tugging on my spirit for years now. I call myself a Christian, a Believer. And I do believe that I am… but I recognize that I need to check myself into spiritual ‘Rehab’. I have been far from the word of God, and my soul is thirsty. After trying to satisfy that thirst by other worldly means (ie; career successes, personal fitness & cultivating relationships) nothing quenches and so I come back to my knees in prayer. It’s more like a ‘chat’ with God than prayer. I say something like
“OK God, I know I need you, even though things are going well for me it’s only a matter of time before I do something to screw it all up. I’ll become greedy or careless and make foolish decisions that will soon turn this perfect little world into a mess again”.
And God, in all is glory, doesn’t comfort me at all in this thought he downright says “Yup, you most certainly will”.
So, that’s when it hits me, I don’t want to get right with God AFTER the bomb has exploded, desperately searching for peace and answers. I want to be guided by His word and cleansed by His Holy Spirit so that I might avoid some of those disasters.
And for the inevitable ones…. the ones that are strategically placed in my path for character building and faith strengthening, I want to have God’s peace already instilled in me so that I don’t panic in those situations. I want to recognize the dilemma for what God intended it to do in and through my life. So that I can address it in His way, learn from it, get through it… and…. well… move on. (Oh, and when I’ve gone through it, it’d be nice to recall it all, when my path is crossed with someone who might need to hear about it).
My answer? A Spiritual TRIATHOLON: Prayer, Reading the Word & Application… I’ll share another time about how that’s going for me.
