Some people come to the Divine just for the experience of
it. They are curious, they want to know
what the spiritual life is like. Some
are thrill seekers, wanting a jolt to jar them out of their dull, everyday lives. Some just want to see what this whole God
thing is.
The Spirit is open to that.
No problem. Taste and see that the Lord is good, he says. Try it on for size.
However, the Spirit isn’t about a good feeling. Yes, the Spirit can give joy, but the real
joy, what the Spirit really offers isn’t to be found by the thrill
seekers. They will get a taste and then
move on. The real experience, the true
life of the Spirit is found over time and work.
The spiritual life is like exercise. You might feel really good after a run (if
you aren’t like me), and you think you might want to keep it up for a
while. But we don’t get the true
benefits of it after a day, but after months and years of performing the same
activity. The real benefits are in
endurance training.
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