Growth.

I did a mini-series of sorts on this, and I was almost certain I had posted on this, but I guess I didn't.

This January my church had a retreat for its youth group. Well, the topic of teachings was on Growth and we focused on 1 Peter chapter 1. I posted a blurb about it earlier (Am I Willing?)

I didn't, however, finish the thought of how God has promised to give us everything we need to be the Christians he wants us to be.

2Pe 1:3-4 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

So, God, according to his divine power, has given us everything we need for life and godliness. And in addition to the power, we are given promises--mega and precious ones-- that by the things we are given for our need to live as God would have us live we are able to partake of His divine nature. We are able to be holy like God!

When I posted that, I went on to how we should be willing to claim that promise. But I didn't really go on to talk about how God's promise of having everything we need should affect our lives.

In the last entry, I talked about how we may be waiting for something(A Bible, or our own privacy or something else) that we think will give us a better avenue of growth.

But that thinking would make God a liar. that thinking says that we can -not- grow and be the Christians God wants us to be right now because we are not sufficiently prepared and supplied. But, God said he has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness. So, if we say we can't be the Christians God wants us to be because we don't have that privacy or that room, we make God a liar. Either that, or we are wrong. And "Let God be true and every man a liar."


So, why aren't you becoming the Christian god wants you to be? Why are you living for yourself and not for God? Are you lying to yourself thinking that you cannot possibly be what you ought to be because you are in short supply of the needed things for growth?

Don't let Satan fool you into believing such lies. You can be the Christian God wants you to be. You can live victoriously. You can grow. You can be close to God. You don't have to wait for this or that, you can start right now. Regardless of the time. 12a,? 1am? 2am? so what? You can still begin to grow. Stop right now and pray to God. Confess whatever sins are breaking your relationship[ with Him. Seek his strength and power to follow. Claim his promise of victory. Claim his promise of having everything you need to live right.