Continual Growth
I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day and I ended up pointing him here to this blog to read about the Twinkie Bomber post a while ago. I've known this guy for years and years and he came back to me about an hour later and said
and I've been thinking about that since.
Sure, there have been some large changes in my life in the last nine years. I've gotten my priorities straightened out in regards to home and work. I have found myself placing God in a better priority in my life, and for people who have known me, these have resulted in some rather drastic external changes in my life.
But these external changes are the result of internal changes that have been made in my life. Our lives that others see only reflect what is going on inside of us. When we are working to follow Jesus and truly emulate Him, that shows up in our lives as things being different. Our priorities changes, what used to be important to us changes as well.
The important thing is that it is continuous.
Growth is not something we look back over the years, say we grew and stop working to learn and grow further. If I look back at my life nine years from now and don't see a continual growth process and I'm the same person I am today, then I will have failed. God is not done with any of us, and we need to open ourselves up to the possibilities that He has something for us to learn today.
Growth is continuous, and it is our job to find out how we can grow and get connected with what we need so that we might grow. Whether that is something found in church, in school, at work or elsewhere, we need to find opportunities and embrace them.
Tom, you aren't the same person I met 9 years ago
and I've been thinking about that since.
Sure, there have been some large changes in my life in the last nine years. I've gotten my priorities straightened out in regards to home and work. I have found myself placing God in a better priority in my life, and for people who have known me, these have resulted in some rather drastic external changes in my life.
But these external changes are the result of internal changes that have been made in my life. Our lives that others see only reflect what is going on inside of us. When we are working to follow Jesus and truly emulate Him, that shows up in our lives as things being different. Our priorities changes, what used to be important to us changes as well.
The important thing is that it is continuous.
Growth is not something we look back over the years, say we grew and stop working to learn and grow further. If I look back at my life nine years from now and don't see a continual growth process and I'm the same person I am today, then I will have failed. God is not done with any of us, and we need to open ourselves up to the possibilities that He has something for us to learn today.
Growth is continuous, and it is our job to find out how we can grow and get connected with what we need so that we might grow. Whether that is something found in church, in school, at work or elsewhere, we need to find opportunities and embrace them.
posted by Pastor Tom at 7:29 AM
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