Part I Growth Requires Listening, Action & Stopping...

Founder/Lead Pastor Cory

Let me start by saying, this 3 Part blog is really to all of you who have committed your life to Jesus Christ in the past few hours or the past 50 years.  One the most basic, so necessary & indispensable truths is, you must continue to grow in your Relationship with God every day of every year.  In Ephesians 4:14 (The Message) tells us this most basic, necessary and indispensable truth.

¹⁴ No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors.

I know this may be hard to believe for those of you who have been a Christian for many years, that it could be possible that you would ever become a babe lost in the woods or yet a child who can become an easy mark for impostors of truth.  However, it happens every day of every year.  Well, Cory how can that happen?  I am so glad you have asked.

People have stopped the process of Spiritually Growing.  Lets camp out here for a few moments and take a good look at these two very important words, "Spiritual" & "Growth."  Spiritual no longer holds the same level of definition it once did. Most Americans interviewed say they are Spiritual.  With that said, let me clear up what spiritual should mean to you the Christian. Spiritual should mean, "I am Very Concerned about Biblical Truths."  Growth on the other hand should resonate as "I am progressively developing in those concerned biblical truths."

The First point of growth is to Listen.  That starts right here with all of us listening to the sounds of the words that I have put down in this blog and the ones to come on this subject.  Second, we must put action to our Christianity. Let me speak a moment on the Law of Disuse.  Here is a good example of what I am talking about.  Take a good pocket knife for instance that you may have used in the garage for projects.  If you do not use the blade regularly it will begin to capture the moisture and begin to rust. Then one day you go to use it and it's hard to open or you can not open it at all.  Also, it does not cut as it once did.

Romans 15:2 (The Message) explains it to us in a manner that makes it very clear that we need to act on what we hear so we do not become rusted and hard to open or become dull and can not help on a level that will make a real difference.  What you are about to read is huge in not becoming rusted and hard to open.  Lets look at verse 2...  ² Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?”   Well, if you are going to help you must be a person who is consistently growing in this area.

We need to understand that putting people above ourselves is vital to our spiritual growth.  I have taught for over two decades now this very important truth. "You are never to big to do small stuff."  We need to make service a priority!  Service is truly defined as this: Service referred to as a task performed by lesser persons for those who control their existence.  Yep, that's why we become babes in the woods, we do not want to serve, instead we want to be served.  Service at best is Worship to God, not a person on this earth.

Here is a way to take action!  Stand up and say, "Here I am, Use Me! Make it personal and take the responsibility to serve someone else and grow - spiritual growth will begin again.

Psalm 119:125 (The Message)  ¹²⁵ I’m your servant—help me understand what that means, the inner meaning of your instructions.

Next week Part II, Growth Requires Listening, Action & Stopping... "The Law of Crowd Control"