God Wants You To Grow
Sun, November 13, 2011 | Post a Comment | 
"God wants us to grow up…like Christ in everything." Ephesians 4:15
It’s great when your new baby’s born but panic would set in if they did not grow. That would mean something had gone terribly wrong. The whole life force is focused on growing and developing and reaching maturing. Anytime that stops it’s a very bad thing. If stagnation arrives death won’t be far behind it. We have got to keep growing if we want to live.
"We are not to remain as children." Ephesians 4:14
A baby doesn’t try to grow it just grows. Of course it needs the nurturing and support of the parents but just like a seed when it’s put in the ground it will grow. It’s important for us to know in our spiritual lives that just being “born in Christ,” and getting a new life is not the whole story, it’s just the beginning! The goal God has for us is to develop in the direction is to have the life of his Son be fully developed in us. We grow away from what we were.
Look at it this way
When you’re born physically it is a one time event. You are born. Then you begin the process of growth which you stay in as long as you live. Your spiritual life works the same as your physical life. You are born spiritually at one time and then you begin your new life, which is a life of growth. It’s a growth into the fullness of Christ in us because that’s what happens when you are born spiritually. For the first time you have a spiritual life that makes you a new being and this new life is the spirit of Christ in us. Unlimited unimaginable possibilities and potentials are created by this act. What a tragedy to not develop and realize them in your life.
God knew what he was doing from the beginning.
He decided form the outset to shape the lives as those who love him along the same lines as those of his son.
"We see the original and intended shape of our lives in him." Romans 8:2
It’s our job to trust God and to have faith in him.
It’s his life, he’ll produce that growth as long as we follow by faith.
"…for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." Philippians 2:13
He will work in us to create the desire and the power to do the things that will drive us forward towards our purpose.
He’s not looking for our help.
Not even one little tiny bit of extra from us. Why? Because he knows we are useless and incapable of living the Christian life. He wants us to stand down from our own efforts and put our faith in Him. That’s what grace is all about. He does it all. We trust Him and we say thanks. It’s deciding to let Him stay in charge every minute of every day in every situation. All through life we need to ask ourselves… Are we trusting Him right now?
Grow by looking to God to produce growth in you and trusting Him to do it.
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