When God Is Enough
“At a time when you did not know God, you became slaves to things that by nature are not gods; but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and destitute elemental powers? Do you want to be slaves to them, all over again?” (Galatians 4: 8-9)
Have you ever noticed that most of our spiritual struggle comes from a constant desire to avoid the void? We reject God as being enough for us, in the multiple empty moments of life, reaching for something we think will satisfy. The void is there and needs to be faced because, within it, we are found and healed. Bono says, “home is where the hurt is.” There is wisdom in this.
Thousands of moments of God as enough or not, are chosen within the day by the disciple. The current one is what we are called to, through God’s grace, to bridge the gap between a discontentment with and relationship with God. It is only this moment that matters. This desire to fill the void is spiritual language not to be feared, it is a calling back the soul to dwell satisfied with the divine. In God’s own satisfaction, between the Trinity, is where we are taught and find our selves.
The spiritual lesson, to be learned here, is that our being slaves to God helps eliminate a growing tendency to be slaves to things that “by nature, are not gods.” We are made for submission and inclusion into Something beyond ourselves, for we can only get so far, only spiritually feeding off tangible humanity. From what well do we chose to drink in this desert?
Once a person becomes a slave to God, they are the freest born, because that person has learned that God is their Source and can be the Only Giver. Nothing can completely give that “by nature are not gods.” As the saying goes “do not hang your hat on what can not support the weight.” The soul allowing God within reduces spiritual friction and has the freedom to stretch into eternity, yet is freed to become solidified here as God roots His kingdom. Internal dialogue, listening, and letting God be enough, has the habit of making what is the shadow of a man; a man. For man can only be as strong as what supports him.
“At a time when you did not know God, you became slaves to things that by nature are not gods; but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and destitute elemental powers? Do you want to be slaves to them, all over again?” (Galatians 4: 8-9)
Have you ever noticed that most of our spiritual struggle comes from a constant desire to avoid the void? We reject God as being enough for us, in the multiple empty moments of life, reaching for something we think will satisfy. The void is there and needs to be faced because, within it, we are found and healed. Bono says, “home is where the hurt is.” There is wisdom in this.
Thousands of moments of God as enough or not, are chosen within the day by the disciple. The current one is what we are called to, through God’s grace, to bridge the gap between a discontentment with and relationship with God. It is only this moment that matters. This desire to fill the void is spiritual language not to be feared, it is a calling back the soul to dwell satisfied with the divine. In God’s own satisfaction, between the Trinity, is where we are taught and find our selves.
The spiritual lesson, to be learned here, is that our being slaves to God helps eliminate a growing tendency to be slaves to things that “by nature, are not gods.” We are made for submission and inclusion into Something beyond ourselves, for we can only get so far, only spiritually feeding off tangible humanity. From what well do we chose to drink in this desert?
Once a person becomes a slave to God, they are the freest born, because that person has learned that God is their Source and can be the Only Giver. Nothing can completely give that “by nature are not gods.” As the saying goes “do not hang your hat on what can not support the weight.” The soul allowing God within reduces spiritual friction and has the freedom to stretch into eternity, yet is freed to become solidified here as God roots His kingdom. Internal dialogue, listening, and letting God be enough, has the habit of making what is the shadow of a man; a man. For man can only be as strong as what supports him.
posted by Kenneth W. Michael | 11:01 AM
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