True Spirituality Shown by Actions Not Words
Once we say all that can be said, the secret mysteries of this new and spiritual life can’t be fully expressed in words; our language cannot convey it, nor can it be understood except by those who possess its flame and are awakened with the taste and hunger for this spiritual truth: “But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand” Job 32:8 (ESV). The power and life of true spirituality is better expressed in our actions than in mere words, because actions flow from life and so reflect this inner reality from where it proceeds. So, the best way to measure those good qualities is in the essence of the one they live in, and this is best illustrated in the holy life of our blessed Savior, who while in this world showed by example the very things he taught, so that his words were a perfect match with his life. If there was ever pure goodness made visible to mortal eyes, it was when in unmatched beauty Jesus walked on this earth.
True Love Exemplified in our Savior
The sincere and devote affection that Jesus burned with towards his heavenly Father was expressed in his absolute surrender to do His will. This was His food and drink, to do the will of His Father and to accomplish all he was sent to do (John 4:34).
Christ’s Diligence in Doing God’s Will
It was through his childhood and onto maturity that Jesus fully pursued doing his Father’s business and performed it with full satisfaction and contentment, so that even when his body was tired and thirsty, and took rest at Jacob’s well; the needs of the Samaritan woman and the cause of the Kingdom of God so filled him with delight that it seemed to refresh his body and soul as to forget his own thirst and the food for which the disciples had been charged to buy. It was not simply a duty to submit to God, but a faithful delight.
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