Grow

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. - 2 Peter 3v18

When our children were young I used to tease them about how fast they were growing up. I used to tease them about tying a brick to their heads so they wouldn’t grow so fast. It is hard in some ways to watch our children grow to adulthood and move on with their lives. In reality that is not clear thinking. Nothing could be sadder than never seeing our children grow physically or mentally. When that happens it is a tragic and difficult situation.

Just as tragic is a Christian who never grows out of spiritual infancy. They get some basics down, show a little fruit, go to church, and have a basic faith, but just kind of spend their whole lives like a spiritual baby.

It is no more natural for a Christian to stay a spiritual baby than it is when a child does not grow up. We are challenged here to grow in two things, grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Growing in grace comes as we see His grace work in our live. All we have is because of the grace of God. We need to learn that our lives our not about us and what we can do, but about allowing His grace to work in us.

We are also to grow in the knowledge of Christ. He is our Lord and our Saviour. We grow in knowledge of Him as we watch Him work and get to know Him better. We also grow in knowledge of Him as we study His word and learn more about Him.

We never get to old to stop growing in grace and knowledge. Lets make sure that we don’t get satisfied with where we are.