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Spiritual growth takes time - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2025

Spiritual growth takes time details logo    The Word for Today - Tuesday, October 11, 2023
  by Bob and Debby Gass
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Spiritual growth takes time

‘If it dies, it bears much fruit.' John 12:24 ESV

God takes two days to grow a mushroom but sixty years to grow an oak tree. So, would you like to be a mushroom or an oak tree? Spiritual growth takes time. Have you been wondering, ‘Why is it taking me so long to improve? I am still struggling with many of my weaknesses.' Why? Because spiritual growth, like natural growth, takes some time. The best fruit ripens gradually. Jesus said, ‘"Truly, truly unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit' (John 12:24 ESV). When Jesus says, ‘Truly, truly,' He means, ‘Now understand this! Listen! This is very important.' The point Jesus stresses here is that just like a grain of wheat has to die to produce fruit, so we also must die to ourselves to produce spiritual growth. And dying to our self-absorption takes a while. Our inclination is to unearth the seed periodically to monitor its progress instead of trusting God to perform His work in our lives. Christ will produce fruit in our lives if we stay in Him. Jesus said, ‘Abide in me, and I in you ' (John 15:4 KJV). The word abide means to live in. Abiding in Christ means staying in contact with Him, depending on Him, living for Him, and trusting Him to finish His work in our lives in His perfect timing. Wait for God's promised harvest and, in the meantime, delight in His presence in your life. God is happy with you at every phase of your spiritual growth. He is not waiting until you're perfect to begin loving you. He will never love you one drop more than He already does.

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