Simply Spiritual

You know the only way to lead a successful spiritual life and to achieve total righteousness is to open up your whole life to God.  Sometimes there is one thing in our life that we are not willing to change, something that we hold back for ourselves.

Sometimes we are not even aware that we are holding back something from God because the attitude is so ingrained in us that it becomes second nature. It may be something simple as laziness, selfishness or pride.  Or, it may be a grudge against someone that is very hard to forgive.

Our spiritual life will not be made perfect if we keep certain aspects of it closed to God.  There is no other person in the entire world who understands us more than God.  If we don’t strive to get rid of bad habits and attitudes then it can totally destroy our lives.

This is what happened to King Solomon.  Solomon built a successful and thriving Kingdom.  In the beginning he was totally committed to God and built a beautiful temple to honour Him.  But Solomon’s greatest weakness was women.  He had a very large harem which included a large number of foreign women.  These women continued to practice their pagan religions and encouraged Solomon to do the same.  As a result the Kingdom he built was divided after his death.  (See Kings chapter 11).

It is a fact that we all have weaknesses and sometimes we don’t want to it out in the open.  We may successfully hide from others, but God knows what’s in our heart.  We need to confess and open up to Him if we are to effectively deal with those weaknesses.  It is imperative that we do so if we are to continue on the road to righteous living as smoothly as possible.