Spiritual Well-being = Christian Obedience
By admin April 6, 2008
What is your first thought when asked how you’re spiritually doing? Where does your mind race to find it’s first line of reasoning? Maybe you recall your quite times – the fervor, energy, enlightenment, closeness, and renewal you felt. Maybe you take inventory of your life’s circumstances. I would like to suggest that your spiritual well-being, i.e., your sanctification, should be assessed primarily by your Christian obedience. When asked, “How are you doing?” Your first thought should be “Where am I or am I not being obedient?”
Now lest you think I’m going to quickly digress to a form of obedience that amounts to legalism, void of emotion, and/or vapid, let me recommend Eric Costa’s seven aspects of “Christian Obedience” to frame my understanding. (This is a single-page document that I highly recommend keeping folded up in your Bible for future reference.)
- Christian Obedience is Relational
- Christian Obedience is Covenantal
- Christian Obedience is Glad-Hearted
- Christian Obedience is Legal
- Christian Obedience is Supernatural
- Christian Obedience is Necessary
- Christian Obedience is Beautiful

