Interesting discussion at church yesterday, delving into the difference between your “spirit” and your “soul”.
Rich explained it like this: the spirit is the life force/God force within you – and if you could see inside a person, everyone’s spirit would look the same. The soul, however, is the uniqueness of you.
Got me thinking… on the cross, at the time of his death, all four gospels relay the same account: And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
He gave up his spirit. But he kept his soul.
Of all the gifts the Father has showered upon me, only one is unique to me: my soul. I can give the Lord my strength, my heart and my mind. But to love the Lord with all my soul does not mean giving my soul to God – he does not want this gift back – I think he just wants us to honor him by owning our soul.
We must fight to own our soul.
We must be true to who we are… never afraid to “be ourselves”… never ashamed of whom we are… never trying to be someone else… or change who we are to fit in to someone else’s picture of us.
We must also defend our soul against the one being who is willing, and anxious, to buy it.
We must fight to own our soul.
Will you join me in prayer today?
Lord, I want to honor you with my soul. I want to own my soul, defend my soul and love my soul, because you created it… and my soul is perfectly and fearfully made. I thank you for my soul. And I thank you for all of the souls that are owned by the ones for whom they were created… my brothers… my sisters. I want to love you God. I want to love you with all my soul. Which means I can’t give any of it away.
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interesting, i have not ever thought of it this way before.
"We must be true to who we are"
Amen Ed. God is not interested in making us into religious counterfeits.
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