Mystery of Being Spiritually Alive
July 21, 2013 Leave a comment
“[It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive.” 2 Corinthians 3:6 AMP
Many years ago, I made a decision to become a full time Christian believer. It’s not that I took a job in the church and work full time as a church worker, it’s about believing totally for God, Christ, the Bible and His teachings. I am a full time worker. I have a day job Monday to Friday and worked from 7am to 4pm every workday. No, I am not a preacher nor a teacher or a missionary. I am just your normal guy in the block that do the same things that you do as a human being. I wish I can go to full time ministry but I have 1 college kid now and another one next year and I needed to finance their future by working full time. My wife has the same attribute also-a full time worker. Maybe in the future after my retirement.
Being a Christian believer is something that changes my life for the better. I don’t go out to places anymore without having a “greater purpose”. My desires for material things are still there but in a mild dose only. I still buy premium items but for good reasons. My attitude changed from a reactive mind to a full blown “ready to accept anything” type. Give me a situation or an event and in no time I will accept the fact/consequences without questioning. The other symptoms I have is I can’t miss church. For some reason, I am always looking forward to be at church on every Sunday. I take notes at church, I have a medium size notebook filled with notes with scribbles of highlights and timelines and key points.
Other interesting facts about me is I only listen to Christian music. I destroyed all my non Christian albums many years ago. I just did not have the desires to listen to other types of music anymore. My children and wife still listen to “other types” because I don’t want to impose my own beliefs to them. But when I’m driving, the car will play praise and worship song only.
Also, I give money to the Church regularly and I found out that the more I give, the more I get in return.
The reason why I’m telling you all these is to let you know that these changes were not imposed by me or the church or some code of ethics for Christian life. No, these desires came as a gift given to me and I don’t even understand myself why I behave this way. That is the reason why I called it a mystery of being spiritually alive.
There is no “HowTo” to become “spiritually alive” except to start believing God for who He is. Let the Spirit change you from within. Don’t even try to do it yourself. You become more satisfied watching your life being transformed to a better you with the hands of God molding you to become the person that He wants you to be than by manipulating your life with your own manly ideas. Of course you still have to take your own steps when He put some instructions in your heart but that’s about it.
Living spiritually for Christ has its own benefits-joy, peace, love, hope, wisdom etc. The Holy Spirit gives life.
Regards to all.
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