All in Growth
When we first come to know God through Jesus Christ we are like infants, and are yet unprepared to walk fully as grown men and women of faith in our Father’s house. Likewise, Jesus endured His childhood as He grew in body and mind from an infant into manhood. Yet, as a baby, a toddler, a child, and through all of the other phases of growing into adulthood, our father‘s love is complete, and perfect through them all.
When we first believe we are on spiritual fire, with our faith roaring like a blazing inferno, but if we do not continue to feed the flame then ever so slowly the fire dies down until at last it is only cold ash; blown here and there by the wind, and driven once more into the earth by the rain. Where in this description are we in our faith? Are we lighting up the night, smoldering, or reduced to a pile of cold white ash?
How is your faith today? Does it remain stored away in a seed sack; a tiny seed in your heart awaiting its season in a barn, or does it flourish where you have planted and tended it? Are you satisfied with the little, or are you led by the Spirit to grow and produce much fruit? Jesus tells us to have faith in God, but that doesn’t mean that our faith is complete when first received, or is dormant and unable to grow like a seed which hasn’t been sown.
Do you feel like the grace you have received from Jesus Christ is enough? Are you satisfied with it, and willing to sit where you are and grow no further in it because you feel it is complete in you? If this is the case then open your eyes because that is not a scriptural truth... we are told to seek and grow in the grace of Jesus every day.
Where do you receive your sustenance? What food do you depend on for most of your nourishment? As humans we are omnivorous which means we eat a variety of food. Some of us like salads and vegetables, some like chicken, beef, or grain, and others prefer a mixture, but as we grow more into our spiritual selves our diet undergoes a change. We see this in the menu of Jesus Himself.