TIME - The great truth of the Bible is that God is not in a hurry when it comes to our spiritual growth! Healthy growth and ultimate maturity may have spurts of a fast pace, but remember that God is the One who sets the pace and God Himself will modify the pace. God is working from and for Eternity!
John Darby explains that "it is God's way to set people aside after their first start that self-confidence may die down."
The Christian Life matures and becomes fruitful by the principle of growth. "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 3:18. We must get to know ourselves, that we have no strength.
Let's Settle It once and for all - there are no shortcuts to maturity! To taste the grace of God is one thing, to be established in it and to manifest it in character, habit, and life is another. Fruit takes both sunshine and storms to ripen and make it sweet!
Let's Settle It once and for all - there are no shortcuts to maturity! To taste the grace of God is one thing, to be established in it and to manifest it in character, habit, and life is another. Fruit takes both sunshine and storms to ripen and make it sweet!
Don't Look For Shortcuts! Time is an element that cannot be cut short. "Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." Phil. 1:6. And it will take that long! God is working for eternity.
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