Christ-one,Are you living like this? You feel like God is dissatisfied with you.Your spiritual life is a Rollercoaster.You keep trying to do better.Each time, you think this is the one that will work.Soon you’re right back where you were.Or worse? Get off that treadmill!Stop chasing spiritual fulfillment.There is no program of behaviors that will take…
2 Peter 3:18 (NASB 2020) urges us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” This “knowledge of our Lord” is another pertinent use of close.
If the dough rises, however, you can be sure there is living yeast in it. Risen dough is evidence that there is life in the yeast. James said something similar; “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.” (James 2:24, NASB 2020)
To have greater faith, or grow in faith, means coming to believe with greater certainty, and that, to me, is trust. That’s why I say “trust gives legs to faith.” It is by growing in our knowledge of Him, His vastness, His character, that our temporal lives are transformed without striving in the flesh.
