Biblical spirituality is a Christ-centered orientation of every facet of a believer’s life and the enabling of such through the power of the Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul emphasized this point while reasoning at Mars’ Hill, he said, “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring” (Acts 17:28, KJV). Thus, we can conclude that biblically balanced spirituality is realized only in as much as the human and divine are melded in unity. Again Paul brings these principles to the fore when he writes in Philippians 2:12-13:
“So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (NASB).
On the human side of the equation, we are to work out, not work for, our salvation. On the divine side, God enables us to will and to do his purpose in the earth. Therefore, we might ask ourselves how this is accomplished in a believer’s life? What spiritual disciplines are to be refined and followed? And what part, if any, do we (or I) play in it? And finally, do I truly see or perceive the full expression of God in nature and the universe? Now that’s something to ponder…
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