Spiritual Understanding Does Not Come By Magic But By Growing In Maturity In Your Faith

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God… — Romans 8:28  

There are no coincidences in the life of a Saint.  God is always at work, all around you.  The question is, “Can you see Him at work?” Even in the mundane – simple things .. God is at work.  Very often we think of Romans 8:28 in terms of bad things happening, and then God making something good out of them – maybe even fixing them.  Well … that would not be “all” things now would it? Only bad things.  While it may be true what men intended for evil, God meant for God, God can and will use the good and bad for His glory and our ultimate good.  

Be on the alert Christian.  There is a reason you meet who you meet, for things to happen the way they happen.  God is weaving all of those life events into a beautiful tapestry, for His glory and our good.  When I meet someone I think “Lord, why did I meet this person?”  And so should you when you meet someone.  The meeting is primarily not for your benefit, but for God’s purposes.  God is amazing, the original multi-tasker.  Are you having trouble seeing how God can use anything that happens to you?  

If you are born again, you are now walking in a new reality … a spiritual reality.  You need to have spiritual perspective and understanding.  That develops not by magic but by maturity.  So many Christians are content with life in the spiritual nursery.  They are content with milk when they should be eating meat.  They are content with salvation which is a magnificent thing but are unwilling to grow in their faith and fulfill their God-given purpose. To them Paul wrote: 

“Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?” – 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

And so, like Paul, wanting to encourage all the Saints to walk in a manner worthy of their calling, I share this encouragement with you ….  

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength.” – Ephesians 1:17-19 

“And so, from the day we heard, (I) have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. – Colossians 1:8-10 

I can hardly wait to see what God is going to do in and through you!  How about you?