Let’s Get Growing

2 Peter 3:18- New International Version (NIV)

18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
Several years ago, my interest in flowers had our home resembling a nursery. There’s something about the presence of growing plants that I find very enjoyable. As I daily inspected their progress, I gained from my little green friends a new appreciation of the joy and necessity of the wonderful process of growth. (James 1:22)

Several years ago, my interest in flowers had our home resembling a nursery. There's something about the presence of growing plants that I find very enjoyable. As I daily inspected their progress, I gained from my little friends a new appreciation of the joy and necessity of the wonderful process of growth. (James 1:22).

As Christians, we too are like plants. We should put down our roots, break up through the earth, spread out our branches, and burst into blossom. Such a thriving condition, however, isn’t always evident in our lives. It’s so easy to become bored and listless in the bland routine of our daily lives. Often we just hang on and merely exist without moving steadily toward maturity and fruitfulness. (1 Peter 2:2)

At such times, we are at a spiritual standstill and must allow Jesus the “Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2) to warm our hearts anew with His love. We must send our roots deep into the word of God by meditating on it day and night (Psalm 1:2). Then we will be like a fruitful tree planted by rivers of living water, and our branches will extend outward I an ever-increasing influence and witness. They will be filled with blossoms that reflect the beauty of righteous living. (Hebrew 10:25)

If we’ve become dormant, let’s get growing! (1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Corinthians 15:33-34).

If God can make a tiny seed into a flower so fair, what can He make, O soul, of thee through study, faith, and prayer? (1 Corinthians 11:28). When growth stops, decay begins. (Psalm 1, Psalm 37:7)