Today is July 4th and I want to wish everyone a great day!
Today's devotion focus is on what is called, "speaking in tongues," or the academic term is "glossolalia." Levison shares an experience he had many years back which probably was speaking in tongues although he is uncertain exactly what to call it. I have never had the experience of speaking in tongues although I am open to it if it happens to me. I think this text is more academic if you come from a denomination for which speaking in tongues isn't really part of the faith experience and if you have never had the experience.
Nevertheless, the principle of not elevating our spiritual experience in such a way that it puts us in the limelight, we become proud that we have experienced this (whatever it might be) and not others is important. Whatever spiritual experiences God gives us are meant to be received humbly, thankfully, and in a way which will build others up. It's a gift to be used for God's glory and our own and other's edification. The Holy Spirit isn't about gifting us to make us proud; rather, the Holy Spirit gifts us to grow in our faith and to bless others.
Today's devotion focus is on what is called, "speaking in tongues," or the academic term is "glossolalia." Levison shares an experience he had many years back which probably was speaking in tongues although he is uncertain exactly what to call it. I have never had the experience of speaking in tongues although I am open to it if it happens to me. I think this text is more academic if you come from a denomination for which speaking in tongues isn't really part of the faith experience and if you have never had the experience.
Nevertheless, the principle of not elevating our spiritual experience in such a way that it puts us in the limelight, we become proud that we have experienced this (whatever it might be) and not others is important. Whatever spiritual experiences God gives us are meant to be received humbly, thankfully, and in a way which will build others up. It's a gift to be used for God's glory and our own and other's edification. The Holy Spirit isn't about gifting us to make us proud; rather, the Holy Spirit gifts us to grow in our faith and to bless others.
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