Have you felt God in your soul? How would you describe something so deeply felt, yet so difficult to explain?
Feeling God in your soul is an experience that I have realised cannot be forced. What makes a person who believes in God and a person who does not believe in God different? Simply holding knowledge of his teachings and words, does not compare with being unshakably certain, firmly convinced, of God’s existence in your very soul.
Just as Matthew 22:37 tells us, we are called to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”.
Amongst the three mentioned, we are often reminded to guard our hearts and our minds. Our heart warms with quiet comfort, aches with grief, and quickens for everything that excites us, whether for good or for bad. Our mind rationalises and race, and our thoughts can weigh heavily upon us. But what does our soul feel like? Can it be guarded?
We definitely have a soul; feeling God in your soul is an otherworldly encounter that transcends all understanding. This dawned on me when I experienced the unmistakable difference between momentarily losing touch with God and feeling Him touch my soul again. My soul, which once felt adrift, floating, vulnerable, and unable to name what was missing, felt whole when I felt God again. I now understand how unique and sacred a connection feeling God in your soul is – one beyond ordinary understanding. One which a person who has never experienced such a connection could never fathom and imagine it possible. It is a personal relationship that exists beyond what the world can fully explain, and a faith that surpasses the limits of human intellect.
In contrast, our hearts and minds feel more accessible, malleable, and exposed. Our souls, however, reside deeper within us, intangible, and hopefully protected, further out of reach from the evils of the world, yet also harder to let into. Perhaps then, to truly have faith and love for God, one must experience God personally: feeling God in their soul.
Food for thought- This reflection emphasises our weakness and vulnerability as humans, but also the potential and capacity of an individual for transformation.
- Are the more tangible parts of us, such as our hearts and minds, the gateway to our souls? Either way, let’s cultivate our heart and our mind, so that as in Psalm 62:5-6, our souls can find rest in God; where he is our hope and fortress, and we will not be shaken.
- Ultimately, we are privileged to have found our way to God, remembering that we too were once lost and searching.
Seraphina Yeo
