Spiritual insight moves the mind and soul from admiration to adoration of God’s excellencies. Persons who are “spiritually enlightened . . . [do] not merely rationally believe that God is glorious, but [have] a sense of the gloriousness of God. . . . . There is not only a rational belief that God is holy, and that holiness is a good thing, but there is a sense of the loveliness of God’s holiness” (The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. II, Serm. I, p. 14). Spiritual insight is having a profound sense of God’s perfections and beauty. This Spirited illumination does not stop at the corridor of the mind but moves into the deep caverns of the soul where authentic spiritual worship takes place (John 4:23-24) . . . . Every believer must rely upon God to empower the faculty of the will and inclination of the heart to live each moment in the presence of the Almighty God. Personal holiness comes by way of “ever-increasing glory” and the Spirit not only shows the way but endows the soul with power and discipline (2 Timothy 1:7). God knows that, left to ourselves, knowledge is not enough (contra Socrates; cf., James 4:17); we need help every step of the way.
— Taken from my essay Spiritual Insight and Jonathan Edwards.