GROWING IN JESUS
Ivan Pattison,
For some it is just a
daily stepping stone for others, it is a struggle, and some have to have God
put them through difficult times, and circumstances, because most of us want
the benefits from God but not all of us want to take the road God has mapped
out for us.
If only each one of us
would be obedient to God, which would be much easier in the long run.
Growing in Jesus is a
step at a time, a prayer at a time, taking up our Holy Bible and reading it
half hour, or however the time we need to read it daily.
Learning a verse of
Scripture one at time, one a day, this is how we grow in Jesus. This is how any one of us get
our strength in Jesus.
Each one of us In the
year 2004, let each one of us decide to flow more and more with the move of the
Holy Spirit, than we have done in the past.
If we want God’s best,
this is the way to go, so let us desire more of God’s best, I also want to be
more obedient to His Spirit, I truly want more of what God has for me.
Not doing what I want to
do, but what God wants me to do, and where He wants me to go.
This is again a growing
time in each of us when we become more obedient to God, obedient and move with
the flow of the Holy Spirit.
Putting God first, all
good things, every good thing shall be added unto us.
I love this verse of
Scripture;
Matthew
When we put in a seed,
it takes time to come up, and depending on whether it is a seed of a large tree
that will last for hundreds of years or a seed of a vegetable that when grown
will last less than six months from the time of putting in. It depends on how
quickly it will mature.
If we as Christians
want to mature then we have to be like a seed planted in good soil, and like a
seed planted of a large tree, our roots must go well down into the soil, other
wise we dig deep into the Word of God, if not then we become likened to the
house built on the sand, as soon as troubles come then as the house fell so
shall we fall.
To grow in Jesus we
must have a good foundation, liken to the large tree.
Never will a plant that
has been fed, watered and looked after properly, go backwards, it is only those
plants and trees that have not been looked after properly and have not had the
right environment will go backwards.
It is similar with us,
only those of us who have been nourished with the Word of God, watered with
prayer, and have a good environmental relationship with God are the ones who
will flourish and go on to maturity, and grow in Jesus.
We who have put our
hand to the plow should never look back, we should
always look forward, having a straight furrow, leading to our goal. Let us look
daily to what God has for us, keep achieving daily.
A farmer who keeps
looking back while plowing you can be sure he will not plow a straight furrow,
so growing in Jesus is likened to a farmer in almost every way.
Can you imagine a
farmer who kept looking back and has crooked furrows, what happens when he plants
the seed, it is very difficult, as not all the seed will go into the furrows,
because of the crookedness of the furrows, but planting seed into a straight
furrow, it is planted properly.
Then comes the harvest,
can you also imagine what it would be like to harvest crooked rows, much easier
to harvest straight rows.
When our life travels
the straight and narrow road, then as we grow older it is much easier to live a
good life, and we have the benefits of a life growing in Jesus
From the time one gets
out of bed in the morning, should be the start to accomplishing things for the
day.
As we grow in Jesus,
our fruits of the Spirit should be showing fruit in our life
Love Ivan
