Spirituality of churches

Simon Hazelman, Savusavu

Church leaders can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray and preach in public, and maintain a holy appearance, but it is their behaviour that reveals their true character.

If they are not spiritually discerned then they are just wasting their time and effort for absolute spirituality is critical in the Christian faith.

Spirituality relates to the whole being, and by that I mean it is not just a part of a person’s life, but rather the totality of it where no single part of a person can be scrutinised.

What our churches need today are men and women whom the Holy Spirit can use. Men and women, mighty in prayer and steeped in the study of God’s word, committed to serving wholeheartedly and unreservedly, and manifested in a spirit of servanthood.

The challenge for church leaders is for them to first examine themselves and their motives before our all-knowing God. Before trying to find success in the public eye, they need to find true spiritual success in their own lives first for only when you find spiritual success in your private life, will you find success and victory in public.

Sin is obvious and one cannot hide oneself from the recognition at the non-existence of true spiritual leadership.

Our church leaders really need to examine and address the many obvious sinful tendencies and weaknesses at hand and get to know the God that they perceive to preach, personally, constantly living a close relationship with Him and serving Him with the highest utmost devotion as this is the real basis of true spirituality. What Fijian Christian churches really need today are true Christian leaders who are revealing God to us. For if we cannot discern God’s spirit in our church leaders, I’m afraid there is no other option but to say that it is the spirit of the self-seeker that we see!