Two reasons for failure!

It is with growing trepidation that I find that we may have started our spiritual journey well and then find ourselves hindered either due to a lack of understanding of the true tenets of our faith or due to giving more importance to the workings of the natural man. We can so easily find ourselves depending on religious acts to get a hold of true spirituality and that is a vain endeavor. The sanctification process has to be carefully understood and there should be no stress or weight given to what we can achieve if we try hard enough. We cannot afford to give a picture that our natural strengths can be coupled with His to gain that kind of growth which we all wish to have. We cannot work from both ends. We need to give up to gain. We need to yield in order to achieve. Our strength has to be exchanged for us. That is the secret of the kingdom manifesting in us.