All Life Is Spiritual
All Life Is Spiritual
I’m not what you call “computer literate,” but I can manage my way around documents, files, editing formats, and window directories. I love it! Working away on my little Macintosh, I get swept up in a passion to edit, cut, and paste everything into little files and compartments.
This piece of information goes here. That byte of data goes there. This goes on the hard disk. That goes on the back-up floppy.
Trouble is, it’s sometimes difficult to turn off that computer mentality after I shut down my machine and head home. I find myself wanting to file, sort, and compartmentalize life in general.
Let’s see … this goes in the “everyday” folder, that goes in the “spiritual” file … this is common stuff, this is sacred stuff .…
Do you ever get caught up in that kind of thinking? For instance, we sometimes mistakenly think that only gospel hymns—and not classical music pieces—are spiritual. Or we think that only Pilgrim’s Progress—and not Treasure Island—is spiritual.
We get the idea that “full-time Christian service” applies to staff workers at Youth For Christ, but doesn’t apply to the CPA who walks with Christ, works hard, and keeps a straight ledger.
Frankly, ALL of life for the Christian can be spiritual. We need to understand that every good gift—whether a beautiful piece of music, a time-honored piece of literature, or even an opportunity to be a witness in a so-called secular area of employment—comes from the hand of a gracious and giving God.
In Him we move and breathe and have our being. That means everything we do and say and touch can have spiritual significance. Eating roast turkey with homemade gravy—and fresh California asparagus—can be something which glorifies God if done with a grateful heart. Relaxing under the strains of Bach or Vivaldi can bring glory to God if we consider such pleasures to be from His hand.
So let’s not go around compartmentalizing—editing, cutting, pasting, filing, and sorting away our life experiences into that which is neatly spiritual and neatly secular. As a believer, you can make every area of life sacred.
The Bible says whatever we do—whether we eat fresh asparagus, listen to Beethoven, play Pictionary, hug our spouse or tackle a challenging ski slope—can and should be glorifying to God.
That’s such an encouraging thought I can’t wait to plug it into my computer—umm, I mean, life.