Christians know everything, except their real problem. Many read the Bible without realizing ‘spiritual problem’ forms the root of our every problem. Whatever problem we are having now, physical sickness, financial lack, always feeling frustrated, inferior, upset, temperamental, disappointed with family members, with church, with people, whatever…it all stemmed from our spiritual illness. Spiritual problem is inherited from a fallen nature, and the fact is, if we’re are not healed spiritually, we are not healed at all. We can be very nice as a person, living very comfortably financially, free of worldly troubles, managing well interpersonally, driven and successful in everything we do, but if we are not spiritually healed, all our successes and prosperities amount to nothing. They don’t advance our relationship with our Creator, and thus do not edify ourselves in the end.
Now, when we say, ‘Spiritual’. What do we mean? Its not the typical understanding of ‘looking holy’. ‘Oh the way we look, talk, dress, behave, or fulfill a certain standards or responsibilities of Christianity, etc.’ Spiritual is something internal first. When we are ‘internally’ right, it flows to everything and everyway outside. And it MUST flows to the outside.
So what exactly is ‘spiritual’? I would summarize with 2 points.
First, its the inclination of our spirit. A spiritual person has this inclination in his heart to seek God. Be it first thing in the morning, or when he/she has an encounter, or when one is carrying out his usual routines, the inclination to seek God is there. In short, that is when you have God in your heart. Its not something material or pro-active to begin with, but its the ‘heart’ first. And this is the heart which the Holy Spirit will reveal to (as Jesus said in <Jn 14:21>: “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me…and I too will love him and show myself to him”). And over here, Jesus is not talking abt obeying certain commands, carrying out certain acts or reasonable behaviors. Our Lord is in fact talking abt having His Words in our heart and possessing the heart to listen to Him. And it is also this very heart (spirit) which man has lost with his first fall.
Second, being spiritual has gotta do with factually knowing the spiritual realms. And the whole spiritual realm works on the fundamental of God’s pre-determined will, and HE has His perfect will in everything in our life. Our studies, our work, our 
relationships, everything we do, everyway we react, and everything we are, didn’t exist without Him. So the spiritual person seeks and understands the Lord’s will in everything and let the Lord reign through him. It is as if Jesus said <Jn 5:19>: “I do nothing by myself. I do what I see my Father is doing. I listen to my Father’s voice, I follow my Father’s will.” (Paraphrase). It is as if our Lord Jesus saw the Heavenly Father live through him fully. Similarly, the spiritual person sees how the Lord lives through him and follow suit.
Over the years, I’ve come to know what exactly ‘true spirituality’ is. Its never abt portraying how great my faith is, and what I can do or sacrifice for the Lord, and thus motivate others to follow suit. I’m not in anyway a great figure or star of this world, seeking to portray good for others to follow suit. As in fact, if anyone sees me doing good, I understood perfectly its not from me. It stems from seeing the Lord Christ is already in me and to let Him lives through me (Yes, even the ‘weak and imperfect’ me). When someone deemed me a loving hubby and caring dad, I am quick to realized its not me. But it was the Lord living through me doing it. It was as though the Lord living through my personality to love my wife. It was the Lord living through my fatherly instinct to love and nurture my children. And if words of criticism and accusations come, I quickly surrender it to the Lord inside me (who reassuringly knows my imperfection), thus there was no need for defensiveness or inferiority on my part. And for that, I felt the full tranquility of listening to Him. And with that, the self-centered and earthly spirit whose voice is usually, ‘oh this is my wife, my children, my family, I’ve to protect them, I’ve to give them the best in everything, I want the best of what I want for them, or I’ve to protect my reputation, I’ve to prove myself right to others, etc.’ has no hold on me. The ‘listening to the Lord’s voice’ does not tolerate such spirits (earthly desires), yet arose in me stronger assuring thoughts of my every well-being in the Lord.
So, to sum it up. Spiritual healing is abt: Whose voice are we inherently following? Are we following God’s voice, or the world’s voice, or our own voice? The more spiritually healed we are, the more we wanna hear His voice, could hear that voice, and live through that voice. Yet when we are spiritually intruded or disturbed, that’s when Satan’s voice overwhelmed us. Then we’ll find ourselves listening to our pride, our fears, our anger, our ideals, our motive, and we’ll quickly lose the serenity of life.
To get insight into Spiritual Healing, you can listen to the below message.
Spiritual Healing – Eliminating Spiritual Interference (English)
属灵医治 – 除去灵里的干扰 (Chinese)
