Spiritual Reality

My Dad and I really enjoyed going fishing together. On one of our trips, he looked at me and said, "John, God is as real to me as you are."

That statement has stayed with me these forty years since he made it.

SPIRITUAL REALITY

He once told the story of an elderly Pastor who went to a mountain cabin to spend forty days fasting and praying. Before they left, the two men who had driven the pastor to the cabin, made arrangements to return in forty days to pick him up.

Forty days later, the two men were returning to pick up their friend. Because they had no idea in what kind of shape they might find him, they had not only food supplies but also medical supplies as well. Parking the jeep outside the cabin, they approached the front door rather hesitantly. Suddenly, as one of them reached for the door, they heard a loud whoop from within.

Opening the door, the two amazed men found their friend with his hands raised, walking around the small cabin praising God!

Both of these two accounts are examples of touching Spiritual Reality. As Paul stated in I Corinthians 13:12, "Now we are looking into a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection, but then when perfection is come, we shall see in reality and face to face." (Amplified Translation)

Because we "are being made into the image of The Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 8: 29), we can have confidence that as we become more like Him, we will take on His attributes.

In the past, the inference has been made that we will stay sinful and unable to live righteously here on earth. Then, when we entered heaven, there would be a complete change and God would be happy with what we had done because He knew that we couldn't help but sin a little every day.

Oh, we wouldn't do the major sins, just the little ones like gossiping and telling "white lies".

CLEAN OFF THE MIRROR

That attitude is what has been causing the mirror to "be blurred". In the Book of Phillipians, we are told to think, and by inference, be like Jesus. Touching spiritual reality occurs when we view and respond to situations just as Jesus did while He was here on earth. Dear friend, not only is it possible to live in spiritual reality, but this is what we have been commanded to do!

Some of these thoughts were taken from my website at http://www.pureliving.cc/

Spiritual Reality

By: John Lounsberry

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