Going but Not Growing!

It is so important to not just go but to grow! Too many times we go to the house of God, but we do not come forth changed. It is time to not just go but to grow. It is time to grow in our faith, grow in our love, grow in our knowledge of Christ, and grow in our ability to walk by faith and not by site! Is anybody growing? If we are to know one another by the fruit we each bear, what does your fruit say about you? Does your fruit reflect a well nourished tree? "You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?"~Matthew7:16 Can we tell that you are growing from your fruit?


A lot of times we move too quickly. We are too quick to move when our feelings get hurt. We are too quick to  move and it is not our time to move. Have you heard the phrase stay rooted where you were planted? So many times we don't even allow roots to come forth before we are moving ourselves! If I kept changing out a potted plant it would be hard for that plant to grow. The same is true if you keep uprooting yourself! Let God blossom you where you are at! Be like the tree that was planted by the living water!  "And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]."~Psalm1:3 It is time to get firmly planted! Declare today that you are not just going to go but you are going to grow!

Growth is so important! We have to get to a place that we are not worried about the number of people attending a service! The important thing to be focused on is how many people are growing? If I plant a vegetable garden full of fruits and veggies but I only water half, eventually the ones that are not getting water are going to stop growing.  The veggies that are not bringing forth any fruit are of no benefit to me. Have you ever seen a banana or a potato that was just too little? You asked yourself, now what am I going to do with this! The same is true when we just go to church but we are not the "church". We have to grow and not just go!

It is time to let the rivers of living water flow through us so that we are not just hearers of the word but we are doers of the word! The time is now. "He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water."~John7:38 When we are in Christ we can not help but grow! It is time my friend to not just go to revivals, conferences, prayer meetings, retreats, and church services! It is time to be changed! It is time to be transformed! True growth brings forth renewal! Don't just Go but Grow!