What if inner life stuff isn't your bag?

4. Every Christian should involve themselves with what to do about their spiritual life. If we are serious students of the interior life, we will want to fully realize Christ’s indwelling and his active influence upon our life.

There is a concern among some, however, that the interior life is only for a particular type of person. In other words, this is not for every Christian. You may know someone who seems to be extremely thoughtful and spiritual. They strike you as “the type.” Those, you may think, are the ones who should really look into this interiority stuff. Since all of us have a different function in the Body of Christ, isn’t it kind of natural to think that an emphasis on the interior life is something that is for some and not for others?

Those spiritual guides who have written about Christian spirituality do not in any way address the student of the interior life as being elite, special or choice Christians. Nor does anything in the faith steer us away from doing all that we can to develop a prayerful inner life in Christ, or tell us to set aside for an instant the hope that we have from the indwelling of Christ in our hearts.

If you have an interior, you should consider your inner life with God and involve yourself in its development.