May 20, 2019

Every child of God ought to grow. Something is wrong with a child when he/she does not grow. Growth in the spiritual sense means to come to maturity. Would you believe that there are some Christians who do not want to grow? They want to stay a babe in Christ for the rest of their lives. God want let this happen. He will allow some trials to come. He will allow some disappointments to come. He will allow some suffering to come. Things that He knows that will get you on your knees and in His word looking for some answers…things that He knows that will cause you to exercise your faith in God. God’s goal for every Christian – the church- the Body of Christ in the earth – is this, Ephesians 4:13 “… we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ”