Spirituality
When we talk about spirituality, what do we mean? What are we referring to? The spiritual realm includes God, angels, Satan, demons, and the souls/spirits of people, both alive and dead. Our spirituality is determined by how much of our life is involved in the spiritual realm.
How involved are we with God? How involved are we with the souls/spirits of people? How much do we pray to God the Father? How much of Jesus’ life is lived through us? How much are we learning from the Holy Spirit? How much of the Holy Spirit’s fruit can be seen in our life? How much control over our life have we given to the Holy Spirit? How much of our life is lived following the Holy Spirit’s leading?
In the parable of the sower and the seeds, Jesus compares unspiritual and spiritual believers.
Other seeds fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades. But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted. … The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced. The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God’s message and produce a huge harvest–thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted. (Matt. 13:7, 8, 22, 23, NLT)
The unspiritual are focused on this life and the physical realm. As a result, their life does not produce spiritual fruit. Spiritual believers are focused on God. Therefore, He does powerful works in and through them.
The key evidence of spirituality is spiritual fruit. Spiritual people produce a lot of spiritual fruit. Spiritual fruit are the powerful works God performs in and though the lives of spiritual people.
