Disciplines

Wellness...


To think we can be on a path to attain the character of Christ and not embrace the spiritual disciplines is like saying I want to be a Doctor but I'm not going to take anatomy. The character of Christ is the Christian term for essentially attaining spiritual nirvana. Christians believe that Christ was the only instance in history of Human perfection. He was nirvana incarnate, God in human form. So to be "Christlike" is essentially saying to learn from the best at how to attain spiritual wholeness in our time here on Earth. It makes sense to me that the easiest way to do that is to do what he did. So we read what he did and do what he did and it should all come together that we will have similar results as he did, Right? so what did he do? He fasted and prayed, people were healed. He spent time alone, he received visions from His Father. The challenge is that we have been told to do, but being such children that when told to simply "do" we resist. Let's admit it no one like being told what to do. The enemy is at work here also telling us to "don't". He even uses the gift of grace to justify our lack of action. But the simple truth is that the disciplines work. They teach us, and grow us and a paradigm shift in perspective needs to occur so we can realize that they are an integral part of us advancing on our path. Actually they are huge bridges that fill in gaps, they are the physiology classes so we can recognize how the body works. They are a voluntary step to wisdom. Much wisdom and understanding are gained through change. Being creatures of habit we abhor the ideas of it. Change = yuck. The enemy knows this and works to keep us in our safe little shells knowing that to not move forward is to move backwards. To simply create in us a place of comfort on the path, he can attain victory. By getting us to do nothing, he wins. So the disciplines are a way to consciously create change in us, a way to force our spirit up the path. The results are palpable, seriously. The experiences of them real. The Victories very evident.



See the difference I think is that we don't "do" to simply do. We do to become.