"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
- C.S. Lewis
It seems that I have been recently going on a process of challenging what one really understands when they say something haha. Perhaps its only necessary that our Christian faith does not become just a shallow life with empty slogans being thrown about.
We often hear about how we ought to see ourselves/other people the way God sees us/them. We talk about things like outer appearances, and how they don't really matter, and instead focus on the heart. We talk about how God loves each and every single one of us, the lovely, the sinner, and the annoying bugger, and so we too should do the same.
You want to see as Christ sees?
Then know this. 'You don't have a soul, you are a Soul. You have a body.' Same is true for everyone else around you. And if you really want to look at the people around you with spiritual eyes, this is what you must see. Im not saying you can't notice the physical, earthly aspects of people, but it cannot be how you relate to them. Looking beyond is a necessity, it is a priority.
That cute guy/girl? Nothing but a body. Look into the soul, what do you see there?
That annoying prick who always bothers you and you can't wait to shrug him/her off? Nothing but a physical manifestation. Hows his/her soul doing? (Asher should totally see this post).
Because, when you look into the soul, what you see is a clash between the dominion of darkness and the dominion of light. Its spiritual warfare, the fight for salvation, the fight for Christ, the fight for Life. And if you look around you, every single person is a soul caught in this battlefield.
How will you treat these people, knowing that you carry with you the powers of both light and darkness? What are your thoughts towards them?
For the cute guy/girl, if all you've ever thought of them was that superficial focus on their physical being, start to see the reality of this struggle within. The annoying prick can be annoying as hell, except you probably wouldn't say that if you really knew hell.
If you want to see people as Christ sees them, then realise it is more than just being lovey dovey, more than just chilling with good Christian friends and calling it fellowship, more than just helping them with little tasks and calling it loving as Christ loved us. You need to go straight to the spirit, straight to the soul.
Dominion of darkness and dominion of light. Who is your father?
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