You Have To Want To Grow

How is your spiritual growth? Do you feel the same today as you did when you first asked Jesus to come into your life? What steps have you taken to make sure that your growth in Christ is both consistent and healthy? Or, like some, have you mistakenly convinced yourself that it is just supposed to happen?

2 Peter 3:18 tells us, But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. In his first letter, Peter talks about longing for spiritual milk to grow in your salvation. But how do we grow?

For some, we want others to grow us in our faith. We rely on friends, pastors, mentors or others to speak into our lives. This is certainly an important part of our growth; however, alone it cannot and will not work. Think of someone watering and caring for a plant day after day. Until that plant makes the decision to grow, nothing can make it.

Others simply do not want to grow. They may talk of growth or even ask for it, but in the end they simply choose not to be an active participant in their spiritual formation and maturation. To those trying to help and speak into these individuals' lives, it becomes a lesson in futility and frustration. This is the old adage that you can never help someone that does not truly want to help themselves.

A desire must be present to grow in your faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. Accepting Him is not the end, but the beginning...

Pastor Aaron