Whatever You Do: Reclaim the Fullness of Your Spiritual Life
 If I asked you, “How are you doing spiritually?” you might need a moment to think about it.
You’d probably start mentally reviewing your Bible reading. Have I been consistent? Did I even open it this week? Do I remember anything I read—and did it make any difference in my life?
Then you might check in on your prayer life. Have I actually been talking to God, or just thinking about prayer? Have I lifted up my family, my work, my community? Have I interceded for anyone at all?
From there, you might evaluate your church involvement—attendance, serving, small group participation.
And after that quick internal survey, you’d likely give yourself some kind of grade… then adjust up or down depending on whether you’re wired as an optimist or a realist.
But here’s the thing:
Your spiritual life is so much bigger than your religious activities. It touches every part of who you are and what you do.
Paul said it this way:
“WHATEVER you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the ...
Who Are You – Really?
At different points in our lives we are confronted with different forms of the same question –
“Who are you?”
Often the question comes as a challenge to our competence. We are tempted to define ourselves by what we are able to do and/or how well we can do it.
Sometimes we are enticed to delineate our lives in terms how well regarded, received or "important" we are. The eyes and approval of others become our measuring stick.
Alternatively, we may be incited to understand ourselves and portray ourselves in terms of power – how much (or who) we can gain and control for our own purposes.
These three false measurements of identity are common to all of us. Different ones will be weighted in different ways, nuanced with different language and tailored to fit/attack our specific personalities and susceptibilities. However, these kinds of temptations are bait for the traps of pride or self-condemnation for all of us.Â
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Which temptation bites more deeply into your soul, competence, appr...
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