The Holy Bible says that Human Being was made in the image and likeness of God. God had breathe His own spirit on man. So we also have the spirit of God within us.
As we live our days, our inner self is always lacking, the inner voice is missing and there is an absence of light within us.
We feel a spiritual dryness within ourselves, it usually means that we feel distant from God or are struggling to grow spiritually.
SPIRITUAL DRYNESS: WHAT IS IT?
We always feel a void inside us, an emptiness. There seem to be something that we are always searching for.
We believe the spirit of God dwells within us, but still feel He is less present in our life.
As life happens and we are burdened with the trials and troubles of life, we feel discouraged and broken.
We then look for the comfort and aid of God, we search for God “in dry and parched land where there is no water” Psalm 63:1
It is a time of spiritual dryness.
Sometimes spiritual dryness is due to our personal sin.
Sin can cause us to feel distant from God because we are attempting to live for ourselves instead of living for God.
Sins within us troubles our peace thus it’s advised to confess our sins at confessions so as to lighten our troubled heavy heart.
Sometimes the wears and rips of our life as we live, our financial problems, family troubles, work pressures, marital issues and more tend to physically and mentally drain us dry and we don’t like living our lives.
All the above discomforts keep us occupied and distant from the presence of God with no spiritual connect with Jesus and a feeling of spiritual dryness.
The ways of the Lord is always a mystery for us mankind. God sometimes allows a person to reach a low point before intervening in a powerful way.
In all this was just a journey, an exercise, to build a strong will and spirit to the bearer by God so as to face with strength and vigor and also know the immense mightiness of the Creator of everything in this world.
As we contemplate on life we realize that experiencing spiritual dryness can be challenging, but it’s also an opportunity to deepen our faith and reconnect with God.
Spiritual Dryness within Us, Recognizing and Accepting It
First is the thirst, do we have the thirst for Jesus, only then will we go in search of the water or else we will not realize the value of the water of life that Jesus spoke of to the outcast woman at the well …
We have a fast paced lifestyle of work and social with varied further distractions like social platforms and attractions and addictions to pass our time with TV and all that plays in it.
So faith and God takes a backseat rather only a few moments are spend by us hurriedly that seem more ritualistic then of essence.
So we need to acknowledge that spiritual dryness is a common part of the faith journey in our life. (not that we should believe thinking then that it’s not our fault).
Beginning with a thought that it is a phase will help us to approach it with patience and an open-mindedness.
The psychologist’s, mind and success trainers say that it’s all in the mind. What your mind thinks, you believe.
We need to contemplate and meditate in our solitude and ponder over the whys and what’s of life. Engaging the philosophies of life and trying to find of your very existence on earth.
It’s like now the mind is not speaking, but your inner spirit that came from your Creator that is speaking to you.
Give vocal to your inner voice that was dumb, let the inner light be lit and the darkness go.
Recognize and accept that this is a phase in your life of spiritual dryness, and you need the water of life that Jesus spoke of to the Samaritan woman at the well.
Travel yourself inside your mind to that moment when Jesus was speaking to the woman at well, find yourself seated near the well listening to Jesus in converse, see yourself seated with folded hands asking also for that living water to quench the spiritual dryness within you.
Jesus as He is merciful will surely turn to look towards you and will give you the water of life.
We need to practice meditating in the presence of Jesus and for that we need to spend moments to minutes and maybe an hour in the future, but to begin with if not at one go then at least in small breaks, every day.
Build habits to quench the spiritual dryness within you.
Change your life, alter the schedules of your daily routines, and fill your moments of prayer and talking with Jesus inside your day timetable.
Remember to quench your thirst, you will need to go to the well, the well won’t be coming to you.
Reading the Bible is another way to quench this thirst and spiritual dryness.
Bible is God talking to us. God knows of our spiritual weaknesses.
From time to time God has spoken of ways to overcome this dryness and be filled with the living water that God has to offer us.
SPIRITUAL DRYNESS: HOW TO OVERCOME IT?
We need to overcome our spiritual dryness and there are a few ways to begin with,
- Prayers
Praying is talking to God, He can be your Lord, a father, a friend, a teacher or a master.
Whatever relation gets you to sit beside Him and have a tell all moment, is Prayers.
Prayers is not always asking or seeking from God, it is sometimes telling Him all that’s inside and troubling you.
Be honest with God about your feelings. Share your struggles, doubts, and desires. Sometimes, simply expressing your heart can bring relief and clarity.
Praying is like trying to feel His presence and His aloneness just with you in your crowded life. Prayers is like watering your spirit, watering that spiritual dryness and moist it with the water of Jesus’ love.
- Word Of God
Reading the Holy Bible is also a prayer, the word of God is broken for our life, the whys and what’s of life are answered in the Bible.
Focus on passages that speak to your current situation. The Psalms, for example, are filled with expressions of both struggle and hope.
Many a chapters and stories of characters like David and Job and many more are inspiring enough to read and learn from of how their life too was in trouble and turmoil and even they went through a period of spiritual dryness but their faith and hope in God had them saved and prospered in their spirit and the material world.
- Reflect And Thanksgiving
Take time to reflect on your spiritual journey, feel how things have eased out now when you are fighting your battles of life with Jesus besides you.
It might not have changed miraculously but it certainly has made you go strong and your difficulties seem weak and less forcing now.
Thank Jesus as His presence has made your life seem now less spiritually dry and making you feel blessed and wanted by God. Thank God for every moment of your life.
- Life Of Purpose
We are social beings and to live in a society and not in solitude. Let your presence bring assistance, peace and joy to others.
Let others in spiritual dryness that you have lived and overcome by the aid of God, be testified and be of help to others.
Your life be used to serve others, it should have a purpose, no purpose has a size, and it just has a cause and effect. Do your good deed, result will be prosperous.
- Seek Guidance
Talk to a spiritual mentor or a priest or a spiritual person, he maybe your friend, a family member or a relative. They can offer wisdom, perspective, and prayer support to help you navigate this spiritual dryness.
God often uses others as instruments for His work or message.
- Patience Pays
Remember that spiritual dryness is often temporary.
Trust that God is with you, even when you don’t feel His presence. Be patient and continue to seek Him.
God has promised …”Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Keep that fire of faith burning inside you.
Jesus Light for Our Spiritual Darkness
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
(John 8:12)
This is a promise of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is a promise of love as it is only the love for us that Jesus ransomed with His own life by sacrificing Himself on the Cross for our sins.
He needs us even though we should be in need of Him more.
Jesus is our hope, our light against the spiritual darkness. He is the Good Shepherd.
We are just not to live our life to breathe, eat, worry and die. We have a union, a relation to keep, to maintain with the creator.
We are part of the manifestation of God. We are part of His creation, we complete the nature, holding in unison, the Heart, the Central force of all this is God.
God has a home, a dwelling place in each of us. Burn the spiritual candle in the home of the Lord, the light for this candle of spirit is Jesus.
Let the light end the spiritual darkness and let there be eternal light.
Have a spiritual life with Jesus and overcome the spiritual dryness, with the water of eternal life and peace from the Lord.
