“For everything that belongs to the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in ones lifestyle – is not from the Father, but is from the world”.
If I were asked why I refrain from sharing every spiritual experience, every encounter with the spirit of the sovereign creator; I would respond in this manner. I would compare to a man whom upon making love to his wife, shares every detail with any who would give ear. This man is justified in that it is entirely appropriate for a married couple to engage in intimacy. Yet to share those details shatters the holiness and sanctity of that act.
To believers this idea is no doubt highly offensive. Yet how many of us will go to great lengths to posture ourselves as spiritual people. We take great pains to ensure that all know the number and magnitude of our spiritual encounters. To me this is tantamount to “spiritual pornography” in that we strip ourselves of the covering of holiness and intimacy and with fleshly pride we put on a performance of our spiritual prowess.
There may be times when it is right and good to share what God is doing and has done in our lives. But we need not reveal those special intimate times when our Lord speaks to our heart, those times when “The lover” whispers into the deep recesses of our soul.
I believe that some things are better treasured in the mystery of silence; it is enough to say that we have been intimate with our Lord; the details of these interactions should be pondered in our hearts and withheld from the desirous gaze of foreign eyes.
Luther.
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