To be More of the Spiritual, Reject The Physical

The Question:  Is there anything you do, in particular, towards being more of the spiritual? 

I was a pretty normal man prior to all this.  Right before being called by God, I moved.  I moved across the country to where I knew no one.  I had never been to the place I was moving before.  I ended up being called by God soon after arrival. 

Having moved, whatever bad habits or routines I had, back where I was living, or bad influences, those were gone.  This could be accomplished by someone going camping or just being away for some period of time.  Many of the men in the Bible, who were fasting, and seeking God, they may have gone off somewhere to be alone for some period of time.  I relocated.  

• “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.” And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.  (Matthew 13:55-58) 

• ²⁰ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:²¹ For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.  (Mathew 9:20-21)     

Given someone moves, and is becoming a servant of God, they are forging a new identity.  How people perceive a man may be important.  Jesus did few miracles in his hometown.  Some people there may have thought of Jesus as "Jesus whom was my playground playmate."  They may have been jealous or envious or didn't care to believe in Jesus.  Personally, I found the my hometown was following me around on my Facebook in 2014.  I had to leave Facebook, turn off my Facebook account, where all my acquiescence from my life before were.  I was able to go back to Facebook after a few months, when I felt stronger in Faith with God, and assert what God had made me, and assert authority.  I needed to leave "Communities Online." 

What prompted me to leave Facebook?  I perceived something.  I perceived, through God's Holy Spirit, that my hometown was following me around, and holding me back.  I cut it off. 

I became homeless in June 1, 2014.  It didn't last long.  I was out of homelessness by mid August or so.  I had maxed out my credit card.  Between potential creditors, bail bondsmen, and the lack of support from anyone back where I came from, this made it really easy to isolate.  I have gone through periods of time where it may have been a few weeks before I even looked at my phone.  I get my mail once a month or so, at this time.  I have gone weeks without much human interaction.  Various Holy Men have done similar things.  How did I learn to live in isolation?  As a servant to my sorrow. 

How did I get out of homelessness?  I made sure to land my homelessness close to a big VA center.  I utilized entitlements and bureaucracy to my advantage.  There was some sort of program where the VA would help me find an apartment, and pay for my rent for three months or so. 

I did pay off all my debts, about eight months or so later.  I am currently debt free.  I have lived debt free for just over a decade now.  It is nice.  Not owing anything to the world, and cutting those ties, helps with being more of the spiritual.  It is not 100% necessary, but it helps, and it is healthy.  The World hates a servant of God.  The World could use debts, and ties to the world, against a man. 

How did I pay off my debts? 

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I had been a 50% disabled veteran prior to working for God.  I had anxiety issues.  Fight or Flight sensation where I tended to fight.  The government cut me a check for $865, or something like that, a month. 

Around the time of the incident highlighted in "God's Divine Scavenger Hunt Part 6," I went to the VA, and put in a request to have my disability re-evaluated.  I had the doctor's appointment to re-evaluate my disability early to mid December 2013.  By the third week of January 2014, I had 100% disability.  I was free to work for God, and do whatever God needed me to do.  I was also back paid from April, when I requested to have my disability re-evaluated.  I received several months of disability payments in one lump some January 2014.  I paid off my credit card.  

I suppose we can say that I have "Positive Freedom," provided to me through an entitlement, through the Government, and I used that "Positive Freedom" to serve The Lord God Almighty, and build The Kingdom of God.   

What do I do to be more of the spiritual?  To be more of the spiritual, someone has to rejected the physical.  Given someone were to fast, why are they fasting?  To be more of the spiritual, someone needs to reject the physical.