Do you have anything to gauge where you’re at spiritually? I’m talking about how willing your are to give it all up to God and how aligned you are to doing God’s will on a time line of a few weeks to a few months.
For me it’s reading Tozer’s The Pursuit of God. When I first read this short but challenging book, I just couldn’t get with the program. He’s talking about following hard after God, contentment–even with nothing, listening to and obeying God, humility etc. The second time I read it I had gone through a lot in my life and was so beaten down I was willing to give it all up. Since then I’ve wavered slightly, then got back with it, then realized I hadn’t given it up as much as I thought, found a lot more sin and had to go further to ‘get with the program’ again.
Trusting God by Jerry Bridges was a good help for me when I was afraid and needed to go farther.
On a daily basis I have indicators for if I’m angry, depressed, anxious etc. which affect my relationship with God but I’m interested to see if you have longer term indicators.
I have the prayers from the book printed out and go over those now and then which remind me of what’s written in the book. They are at the end of each chapter. I copied and pasted them from this site and printed them out.
As much as I hate to admit this, my attitude towards people sometimes…
That makes perfect sense to me.
Well, two things. Actually more, but these two point out for sure.
#1 – My willingness to spend the set time with God in the morning, before doing whatever else is up next this day, no matter how early this have to be.
#2 – My responses and reaction to things I disagree on, and find unfair and harsh. Specially in my relation to my girlfriend I have found this to give a certain pinpoint for my spiritual barometer.
But, wow – it is amazing that God, who has always been, that is Eternal, Holy, and Love, he has called me to fellowship with himself. That is just amazing. And when I am writing this now, I am thinking, how much we thank God, is a good way to find our temperature on the spiritual barometer. Hmmm…Got me thinking now
Nice comment Erik with interesting points and I love the last part. Sometimes that overwhelms me.
Jeff