3 Steps to Spiritual Growth Success
There is a very simple 3-part spiritual growth success process I have found extremely powerful in cultivating my own spiritual growth. Here it is…..
First, mediate on God’s word day and night (Joshua 1:7-8, Psalm 1:1-3).
Second, as you mediate on God’s word, the words of God become hidden in your heart (Psalm 119:11).
Third, God’s words hidden in your heart teach you, rebuke you, correct you, and train you in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The result of the process? As God trains you in righteousness you experience tremendous spiritual growth! It works….really works…I know.
Now that you know the process there is one more thing…it is important to see the entire process as causal, beginning with the first step. When you meditate on God’s word day and night, the rest happens automatically through the power of God. Your role is simple. Take the time and the effort to begin the process. Meditating on God’s word is like getting onto the highway. Once you get on the highway, you go where the highway takes you.
Or….an object in motion tends to stay in motion. Once you begin to practice meditating on God’s words day and night, the process of God transforming your life stays in motion automatically. The only thing God will not do for you is make you meditate on His words. You must find the strength and the energy to do that on your own. You must discipline yourself. If you do, the rest will happen automatically because of the power of the words of God.
Take the first step today. Open up a Bible and start to meditate on the words of God. As you read them, ask God what he wants to show you. Ask God how the words you are reading apply to your life. I know you can do it.
What is your favorite book of the Bible to meditate on?
