Keep growing
Tuesday 16th October 2018
'Let the wise listen and add to their learning.' Proverbs 1:5 NIV
The Bible says that we need to 'grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ' (2 Peter 3:18 NIV) and that 'the wise listen and add to their learning' (Proverbs 1:5 NIV). But how do we grow? We grow through changing our attitudes and responses to things. We need to determine what stops us from moving forward in our faith: is it not spending time with God, a bad habit, repeatedly giving in to temptation, fear of being uncomfortable? Many things can be barriers to us advancing in spiritual maturity.
Babies have milk before they're ready to move on to solid foods. And it's the same for us spiritually. First we need to be fed the basics, but at some point we need solid spiritual food. The Bible says: 'Solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil' (Hebrews 5:14 NIV).
We're not going to mature spiritually simply by wishing we'd reach it. We need to prioritise time with God, read his Word, commit to overcome things that stunt us spiritually and spend time with people more mature in their faith than we are. Let's make spiritual growth the number one priority in our lives. It is so worth it!
So what now? Choose one thing you could start doing to grow your faith, and choose one thing you could stop doing that's a barrier to becoming more spiritually mature. Make those changes this week and then honestly assess how your faith has changed at the end of the week.
Tuesday 16th October 2018
'Let the wise listen and add to their learning.' Proverbs 1:5 NIV
The Bible says that we need to 'grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ' (2 Peter 3:18 NIV) and that 'the wise listen and add to their learning' (Proverbs 1:5 NIV). But how do we grow? We grow through changing our attitudes and responses to things. We need to determine what stops us from moving forward in our faith: is it not spending time with God, a bad habit, repeatedly giving in to temptation, fear of being uncomfortable? Many things can be barriers to us advancing in spiritual maturity.
Babies have milk before they're ready to move on to solid foods. And it's the same for us spiritually. First we need to be fed the basics, but at some point we need solid spiritual food. The Bible says: 'Solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil' (Hebrews 5:14 NIV).
We're not going to mature spiritually simply by wishing we'd reach it. We need to prioritise time with God, read his Word, commit to overcome things that stunt us spiritually and spend time with people more mature in their faith than we are. Let's make spiritual growth the number one priority in our lives. It is so worth it!
So what now? Choose one thing you could start doing to grow your faith, and choose one thing you could stop doing that's a barrier to becoming more spiritually mature. Make those changes this week and then honestly assess how your faith has changed at the end of the week.
