Most people try to divide the spiritual from the natural, but in truth, they are one and the same. How you live is who you are on the inside, and who you are on the inside determines how you live.
How you do life is how you do faith, and how you do faith - meaning what you truly believe, shapes how you do life.
Many start their walk with God passionately but not wisely. They talk about the Spirit, act spiritual, and carry an image of holiness, but their lives don’t yet reflect the quiet fruit of maturity. It’s a stage almost everyone passes through the “Holy Spirit Junior” phase. It’s when zeal overrides wisdom, and we try to define spirituality through performance instead of relationship.
This stage often creates a fictional world one where people imagine they are deeply spiritual while ignoring the way they treat others. But loving God means loving people. The way you handle relationships, conflict, and humility reveals more about your walk with God than any fast or prayer ever could.
The Word says, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:7–8).
When you get the revelation of that verse, you stop fighting people, stop arguing with your spouse, and stop trying to prove who’s right. You begin to realize that love is the highest expression of spiritual maturity.
I’m not saying we don’t make mistakes, we all do - but your revelation of God cannot evolve if your lifestyle never changes. Growth starts from the inside out. When you love Jesus, it begins to show in your choices, your tone, and your patience.
Changing your behavior doesn’t make you more spiritual. But when you truly love Jesus and allow the power of the Holy Spirit within you to govern your life, transformation happens naturally. That kind of change isn’t performance; it’s fruit. It’s the evidence of relationship — the quiet proof that God’s Spirit is alive and working within you.
Your mouth, your love, and your humility are what move God — not a false sense of spirituality. The Spirit and the natural are not enemies; they are two sides of one truth. The natural tests the spirit, and the spirit redeems the natural. When both align, love and understanding begin to flow — and that’s when faith becomes visible.
Scriptures for Reflection
- Luke 18:13–14 – The tax collector went home justified, not the proud Pharisee.
- 1 John 4:7–8 – “He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.”
- James 2:17 – “Faith without works is dead.”
- Matthew 7:16 – “You will know them by their fruits.”
- Galatians 5:22–23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
Reflection Prayer
Father, help me to see that my faith is revealed through how I live. Teach me to love as You love, to forgive quickly, and to walk humbly. Let my words and actions reflect the reality of Your Spirit in me.
May I never settle for ritual without fruit, or passion without purpose. Govern my heart, Holy Spirit, and let every part of my life testify that I truly know You.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
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