SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY…“Be on guard so that you will not be carried away…and lose your own secure footing. Rather you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” ~II Peter 3:17-18
MUST GROW…Developing our spiritual lives often gets over-ran by other things jamming our schedules. Financial concerns, family schedules, house clean-up or fix-up’s, on and on the urgent things call. We get moving at such a fast pace that slowing down to the speed of God feels awkward. To pull out our Bibles, and get into a meditative mood to listen to the soft voice of Christ is exactly the opposite of everything else we do during the week. But it’s exactly what we need the most. The above verse reminds us that this growth is too important to be done with our ‘leftover’ time. There are things and influences and people and ideas that look so right, but actually lure us away from Christ’s directions. These things carry people away every day and cause good people to lose their solid Christ-stance. According to the Barna research group, 53,000 Americans stop attending church every week, never to return. That’s alarming. Anyone can be lured away from Christ’s best plans. We must grow! Our growth occurs in two ways, ‘Grace’ and ‘knowledge’. We need to know the mind of Christ to follow Christ. But we need to feel the grace of Christ to stay courageous as we walk where He walks. We must know Him AND we must be moved by Him. WE MUST GROW! ~verlon
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1 Peter 5:8-9 "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
ReplyDeleteChrist-stance..We Grow our most it seems as we walk in our common adversity, humanity, and in life's tribulations. Knowing that Christ too was willing to put one shoe on at a time,like the rest of us, walking as we do ,with us, and growing as one in each step..... As we walk in our common worldly suffering it is not a comfortable thing. If You Know it...Maybe that means your taking Comfort in the right Spirit of not alone....Growing