A crucial part of the Christian life is growth. In order to grow in our relationship with God, we much be weaned off from the habits or hiccups in our lives that deter us from following Him. Just as a child must be weaned from its mother’s breast milk in order to eat real food, God slowly weans us from certain things in our lives so that He can replace those things with what is better and more pleasing to Him. While it is okay for a time to feed on spiritual “milk”, at some point we have to grow up and start reading the Bible, praying and studying on our own so that we can in turn help others grow.
November 24, 2011
When something reveals what is about to happen, or shows an obvious sign of what’s to come, that is called a tell tale. As Christians, we ought to be waiting on the Spirit to blow some wind in our sails, and allow Him to guide us to where He wants us to go. Then, when we’re there, we need to listen and watch for what He is doing so that we can respond in an appropriate manner. The Holy Spirit desires to use us to do extraordinary things, but we can’t do those things without Him and so we must wait, listen, watch and respond.
November 20, 2011
There are two stories in the Bible where Jesus took a very little bit of bread and fish and multiplied it to feed thousands. Too often we hold back things in our own lives, such as our talents, our time or our money, because we think that if we offer it up that God is just going to take it all away and leave us empty handed. Instead of holding onto these things in our lives, we should offer them to God because He has shown that He can take whatever we have to give, no matter how small, and multiply it. He has also shown that He loves and cares for us and will never leave us empty handed.
November 14, 2011