Day 18 - April 1, 2019


30 Days to a Vibrant Spirituality Online Retreat

Day 18 - April 1
The Mystery of Empowerment

   Underlying this simple practice is a deep mystery. It is the mystery of empowerment to live on the level of God. In early Christian preaching this was called “the gift of the Spirit.” The gift of the Spirit is power, divine empowerment, the mystical experience of knowing that you are being empowered to act on the level of God.
   The gift of empowerment allows us to live out in action the divine life of God we received at baptism. We bear witness to the resurrection of Jesus by a lifestyle that cannot be explained without it. We live God’s lifestyle, the lifestyle Jesus chose. Not in all its details, of course —we aren’t going to be itinerant preachers living on alms—but in its basic, guiding principles.
   For us who have “become Christ” by baptism, who share in his divine life and mission, all our “works” should express this new level of life in us and contribute to the new purpose it gives us. Both the source and the summit of everything we do should be the power and glory of God: the glory of Jesus living in us, acting with us, in us, and through us.

Stop now and think.  Does this make sense to me?
How can I respond to what Fr. Knight is saying?

Thirty Days Toward a Vibrant Spirituality is adapted from Nuts and Bolts of Daily Spirituality--Practical Steps to Draw Closer to God by David M. Knight. Copyright ©2013 David M. Knight. Published by Twenty-Third Publications.  Used with Permission.

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