1 Corinthians 13:11 (NKJV) 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
There comes a time for each of us when we need to grow up and become responsible adults.
With our natural bodies, it happens involuntarily. We get older and our bodies develop and change with age.
Whether we choose to mature and grow emotionally and intellectually is up to us.
The same can be said for our spiritual growth.
When we become a child of God, we can choose to stay a babe in Christ. Or we can choose to grow and mature. It’s our choice.
God prefers that we grow and mature. He wants us to become stronger in our faith and able to help build the kingdom of God. His word is very explicit about this. He tells us that we need to grow and mature beyond the basics.
Hebrews 6:1 (NLT) 6 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding.
As we grow in our understanding of God and His word, we will find ourselves changing in many different ways.
We will begin thinking in ways that are new to us. We will begin to see things in ways that we have never seen them before. And we will begin to have understanding about things that we never even used to give a thought to.
God will begin to mature us and give us insights into spiritual things without us even realizing that it’s happening.
So how does this happen? By us making a choice to grow, and then taking action!
The amount of growth we see will be dependent on the amount of effort we give it.
There are no secret formulas and no shortcuts. But the cool part is that as we put forth the effort, God will give the increase.
Are we still craving milk? Let’s allow God to move us on to eating solid food.
Hebrews 5:12 (NKJV) 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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