Luke 2: 40 And the child
grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was
upon him.
God is Not a Religion
Pss. 86: 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast
delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
“Religion is for people
afraid of going to hell…Spirituality is for people who have already been
there.” ~ Vine Deloria – Sioux
I hear so many times people
saying, “Don’t shove your religion down my throat.” Maybe they are misinformed
but scripture from the bible is not a religion; God is not a religion so when I
post a scripture and you’re offended and tell me to stop shoving my religion
down your throat, allow me to enlighten you.
Scripture is not a
religion. Faith in God is not a religion. Now when a Jehovah’s Witness knocks
on your door and tries to shove a pamphlet in your face, THAT is someone trying
to force their religion on you.
I’ve been approached many
times in the parking lot by a JW and as you’re trying to unload all your
groceries, they run up and try shoving a pamphlet in your face. Now THAT to me
is trying to force a religion on you. When someone physically approaches you
and feeds you their religion as if it is the only one and the only RIGHT one
that exists.
Spirituality is not a
religion either and TO ME that is just what God and all His biblical
testimonies are, primarily. The Buddhists don’t own spiritual awareness, the
Native Americans don’t have the market cornered on spirituality. Spiritual
experiences are for all whether faith in one God or not.
My spirituality is a deep rooted faith in
one God. It is rooted in there being only ONE God, who had a Son through a
divine Immaculate Conception, who then died for mankind and all his sins, thus
bathing us in the Holy Spirit!
If religion is defined as
the worship of One God, then yes, I am religious. I will walk with the Holy
Spirit and share with you all that that entails, but I will not say that this
is the one and only faith that you must adhere to in life or that it is the
only RIGHT one.
We are all of different
creeds and I respect that. I cannot judge someone whose only faith is in
spiritual awareness and I would hope that I am not judged for believing in the
trinity.
When I was a child, I was
raised Catholic and very much wanted to be a nun and dedicate my life to Christ
but be it as it may, God wanted a different path for me and in every breath I
took, He guided each step. He is the one who put me on this spiritual path. He
did not sink me into a religion and guide me in the way of becoming a nun; He
had different plans for me.
Spirituality is hard to find a definitive definition.
Scientist define it “the search for the sacred”. There is a definition on
spiritualism that is defined as: the belief
that all reality
is spiritual. Metaphysics: any
of various doctrines
maintaining that the
ultimate reality is
spirit or mind. If God did
not want us to be spiritual beings why use the word over 600 times in the
Bible?
Why did God take me on this
journey? Why did He set my path on the spiritual aspect rather than a religious
road? I think it is because He wanted me to know the differences in life based
on spirituality.
Being called a Jesus freak
is okay with me. I’ve already stirred up thoughts with this Lenten series and
some have been good, while others I can sense are tired of it all already. I’m
not called to please you, I’m called to please my Lord and Savior who is
guiding my fingertips. I am guided by the warmth washing over me by the Holy
Spirit and what comes out in these posts are for all to walk away with and
think about.
You can walk away in
agreement or disagreement that is for you and where you are in your journey of
life. All I know is that God is my divining rod. I can choose one way or the
other, I can believe in all He has shown me, or I can shrug off all He has conveyed
and take a different path. That is free will.
If you pick up a bible and
read it, do you walk away with questions, enlightenment, doubts or unbelief?
Enlightenment to me is an AHA moment where a lightbulb goes off in my head. And
when I read the bible, I walk away enlightened by the knowledge that God has
placed on my heart. I have read many different doctrines and the Holy Bible is
the only one that gave me clarity.
God is not my religion, He
is a way of life for me. I am a very spiritual person who sees God in
everything, and I do mean everything. The land, the trees, the soil, the
animals, and yes in human beings whether they have the Light of the Lord in
them or not, I see them as spiritual beings set on a different path than me.
My religion is my church (Christians)
and my church family (where I go to praise and worship) where we are all set on the same path walking hand in hand
with the same beliefs. You can poke fun at me, laugh at my pain, correct me
because I’m not grammatically perfect, scoff at my imperfections but please,
don’t make fun of my spiritual beliefs. I judge no one and don’t care to BE
judged.
God is not a religion, He
is a spiritual journey. Embrace it.
1 Cor. 16: 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours:
therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
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