[Tension & Renewal - XXXII]
True revival is not about “spiritual experiences” per se. A spiritual ecstasy can just as easily be associated with unhealth, degradation, and trauma as it can healing, renewal, and rebirth. Actually, some of the most toxic and confining religious groups attest to having regular mountain top experiences and direct encounters with the Divine.
That means very little.
True revival, on the other hand, is a slow journey of grounding our identity in the soul rather than some construction of who we think we ought to be.
Here’s a tell-tale sign of the difference: constructed identity is fueled by security, fame, power, status, and accomplishments—all things that ask what the world can offer us; soul identity is always focused on what gift I can uniquely give the world. (The answer is always in union with the Divine.)
[h/t Plotkin]
