So many times I have looked around at other Christians and wondered, how did they get so wise? How did they grow so fast? Why do I feel like I am so far behind? Maybe God just didn’t make me capable of understanding the biblical truths that they can? There have also been times that I have felt like the Lord was blessing me with understanding, but that my growth was moving at the pace of a turtle. Lately it is has been my hearts burning desire to have wisdom, discernment, and to be well versed in my bible. I am currently reading A Woman After God’s Own Heart, by Elizabeth George, and in it she says something that I found motivating:
“Do you believe you can be this woman [the woman you want to be spiritually]? With God’s grace and His strength you can! That’s his role in your life. But there is also a place for your effort. As Scripture says, ‘[You] keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life’ (Proverbs 4:23, emphasis added). You determine some elements of the heart. You decide what you will or will not do, whether you will or will not grow. You also determine the rate which you will grow — the hit-and-miss rate, the measles rate (a sudden rash here and there), the 5-minute-a-day rate, or the 30-minute-a-day rate. You decide if you want to be a mushroom—which appears for a night and shrivels away at the first hint of wind or heat – or an oak tree, which lasts and lasts, becoming stronger and mightier with each passing year…. ‘God will take you as far as you want to go, as fast as you want to go.’ How far… and how fast… do you want to move toward becoming the woman of your dreams?”
Time to put some more feet to my faith!
“Do you believe you can be this woman [the woman you want to be spiritually]? With God’s grace and His strength you can! That’s his role in your life. But there is also a place for your effort. As Scripture says, ‘[You] keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life’ (Proverbs 4:23, emphasis added). You determine some elements of the heart. You decide what you will or will not do, whether you will or will not grow. You also determine the rate which you will grow — the hit-and-miss rate, the measles rate (a sudden rash here and there), the 5-minute-a-day rate, or the 30-minute-a-day rate. You decide if you want to be a mushroom—which appears for a night and shrivels away at the first hint of wind or heat – or an oak tree, which lasts and lasts, becoming stronger and mightier with each passing year…. ‘God will take you as far as you want to go, as fast as you want to go.’ How far… and how fast… do you want to move toward becoming the woman of your dreams?”
Time to put some more feet to my faith!
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