Being Spiritual

1 Corinthians 2:14
But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. (NLT)

In the world in which we live, the words spirit and spiritual have many meanings. There are numerous television shows and movies that delve into the spiritual. That is, what they consider spiritual. Then we have books for children delving into spells and other such other world things. The spirit world is looked on as a fun place to fantasize about with most believing it is just that--fantasy.

Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) tells us that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." You see, there is another unseen realm present all around us.

So when we say we are filled with the spirit of Christ, we are not speaking about ingesting Jesus into our mortal body. No, we are speaking about Jesus' promise to have the Father send Holy Spirit to reside in each believer. The evidence of such being a prayer language spoken in unknown languages also known as tongues.

As we pray in our spirit language as Paul did, our spirit prays directly to God the Father and receives truths from His Spirit. The more we pray in this fashion, I believe, the stronger we get in the Spirit and the more His power and authority manifests in our lives.

In Luke 3:16 (NIV) John answered them all [saying], "I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."

And that is the baptism I want. That is the baptism that opens up the floodgate of communications at the Spirit level between me and the Father.