The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to
be judged by no one. (1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV)
We have to continually ask the question: "Is
Christ everything in this matter, or am I wanting my own way? Am I allowing my
own feelings, desires and likes to dominate or is Christ everything? Is Christ
in all here, so far as it is within my power, in the energy of the Holy Spirit,
for it to be so?" That has to be reduced to the minutia of daily life. We have
to get away when we are upset, annoyed, provoked, irritated, and fight that
battle out and say: "Lord, You have to be everything in this matter: it does not
matter how my interests are affected." And from those details of everyday life
and experience out to the wider ranges, and up to the place where we may be the
Lord’s responsible servant, the Word and the Spirit have to govern; and the Word
and the Spirit have one object: Christ – everything and in all.
Recognizing that, we see that this further
thing is necessary, that we are a truly spiritual people. It is very often
difficult to define what is meant by spirituality, or a spiritual people. It is
one of those things better experienced than explained. But for the moment it can
be put quite simply and quite safely and soundly in this way, that a spiritual
people is a people who are governed by the Word and the Holy Spirit to this end:
that in everything within and without, Christ is All and in all. That is true
spirituality.