Are You Spiritually Healthy?

How do we know if we are spiritually healthy? 

When we understand that our born-again spirit has been made alive to God (Romans 6:11), is one with Him (1 Corinthians 6:7), and is the source of His love, peace, joy, and faith (Galatians 5:22-23), we gain the right perspective on life and demonstrate spiritual health.

Many Christians continue to live their lives based on their feelings, emotions, reasoning, and experiences. Do you draw your life from your born-again spirit or your soul (your mind, will, and emotions)? These two distinct options set the direction of our lives. One is of the Spirit and the other is of the flesh.

How can you know if you are truly walking with God in the Spirit?

“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalms 16:11).

A person experiencing fullness of joy and pleasures is dwelling in the presence of the Lord (Isaiah 26:3). They are truly walking in the Spirit. 

The Lord never leaves us nor forsakes us (Hebrews 13:5). Therefore, He is always with us. However, we are not always aware of or focused on His presence. But when we continually direct our hearts toward the Lord’s presence, the fullness of joy and everlasting pleasures of Psalm 16:11 become real to our minds, wills, and emotions. God’s presence transforms us through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:2).

When Peter quoted Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2:25-28, he placed Psalm 16:11 in the past tense. He said, “You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence” (Acts 2:28). Jesus has shown us the Father and revealed the truths of our relationship with God. He has fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore for us. Being in God’s presence means being at His right hand, where He reveals to us the fullness of all He has accomplished on our behalf. 

Now that His presence is within us, it can become our new reality.  Believers should be joyful and have God’s peace. Believers should be able to walk in love and forgiveness. These are signs of spiritual health. But when we continue to live from our feelings and emotions instead of drawing upon the presence of God, we hinder God’s grace from giving us His abundant life.

How you “see” all that you have—your resources, abilities, family, and relationship with God—will determine what it will be. The spiritually healthy see God’s increase and blessing in their lives. Those who see lack will have the lack they see.

Jesus saw five loaves and two fish, but He didn’t grumble about what was lacking. He chose to see more than enough to feed thousands. And Jesus is certainly spiritually healthy! When your heart focuses on lack, lack increases in strength. When your heart is healthy and focused on God’s grace and provision, His blessings find you.

Spiritually healthy believers possess peace, not a peace that relies on circumstances, but the peace of God, which enables them to navigate difficult situations without falling apart. Spiritually healthy believers can forgive others. They recognize the destructive work of bitterness and keep their hearts in the love of God. 

Spiritual health is available to you. If you are born again, it resides within you. Be renewed in your mind by God’s eternal truths (Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23), actively draw upon God’s presence from within, and allow the Holy Spirit to produce His fruit in you (Ephesians 4:24). The life of Jesus will manifest in you—spirit, soul, and body.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23).

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