Bible Verse of the Day Tuesday March 9th 2021

 Proverbs 1:5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance.

All of us saved, born again washed in the blood, believers, and followers of Christ Jesus desire to find and follow God's will for our lives. Sadly, many miss that boat because it requires a daily spiritual growth pattern. The problem is that too many Christians believe that spiritual growth is automatic. From the time we emerge from our mother's womb, we begin a natural growth process. Throughout our childhood, we have parents and teachers daily helping us grow into mature adults. Growing becomes a regular daily activity; however, the problem begins when we do not have anyone urging and encouraging us to grow. Then the responsibility for continued growth and development falls on our heads, and if we neglect that accountability, our growth process comes to a halt.

Satan will attempt to lead us to believe that spiritual maturity comes from a knowledge of God's Word. There are those out there in the Christian world who are proud that they can quote bible verse after bible verse. However, knowing God's word without total surrender to His will causes us to run in place. It would be akin to running on a treadmill; we exert a massive amount of energy but make no progress.  Being filled with massive amounts of knowledge but not putting it towards God's will is of no spiritual value.

Some falsely believe that spiritual growth is equated by how long we have been a Christian. If a competitive shooter fires their weapon for years and never hits the desired target, believing there is an improvement, they are only fooling themselves. Experience is precious only if we grow spiritually every day and use that experience for God's honor and glory.

There will come a day that we stand before God and give an account of the things that we did and did not do. On that day, God will reveal to us the chances to spread the Gospel of Christ Jesus to the ends of the earth, that we missed. Let us not come to the twilight of our earthly lives with regret for the chances we missed doing the will of God, in Christ Jesus. Growing closer and closer to Christ Jesus daily will promote the spiritual growth we need.  We accomplish that by allowing ourselves to be the best reflector of the light of Christ Jesus that we can—lastly, focusing our lives on introducing people to the only way to eternal life, Christ Jesus. 

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