SPIRITUAL GRAVITAS

From Noble Plans

It seems that to be someone today, you need gravitas. From a worldly perspective, having gravitas is how you get ahead. But what about spiritual gravitas? Take a look at Philippians 4:8:

"Finally, . . . whatever is noble. . . think about such things." That's a noble plan!

Yes, there is a lot more to that verse, but I assume you have a pretty good grasp on the rest of the list: whatever is true, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy. And when Paul uses the term, "finally," he is summing an important lesson.

The Geneva Commentary on this verse reads: "Whatever things are such that they beautify and set you apart with a holy gravity."

A-ha! Spiritual gravitas!

One step more, this time from King Solomon: "As you think in your heart, so you become" (Prov 23:7, my paraphrase).

Now you know how to build spiritual gravitas — think on such things as truth, nobility, righteousness, purity, loveliness, excellence, and praiseworthy — think on them, and so you will be!


"A noble man devises noble plans; and by noble plans he stands."
– Isaiah 32:8

[The photo is my own leaf from a 16th Century Geneva Bible, with a favorite verse of mine, Deuteronomy 13:2]