Growing Every Day

There is just no easy way to get to where you want to go. When I was young, one of the comedians of my day had a routine that ended with, “You can’t get there from here.” Ok, it was funny back then. We are not talking here about getting from one physical place to another. I will talk about getting from where we are in life to where we would like to be in life. It can read this way; there is no easy way to get rich, apart from winning the lottery.  Oh, if you start rich, you can learn how to stay rich, but starting out poor, not going to happen easily. Even the rich and famous went through lots of stuff to get where they are. Go to Wikipedia and check many of them out in their bio's. Many started humbly and worked their way up.

Doctors didn't go to med school being told, this is going to be so easy, you will be done before you know it.  Not going to happen. There are lots of long days and short nights for longer than you want to know.  They practise their craft until they get it down right.  Hey, it took me ten years of school to become a minister. And that was after high school. With each place in life that we ascribe to, there are hours, and years needed to perfect our craft so we can get to where we want to be, or should I say, to where God is leading us.

Even a carpenter can't just pick up a hammer and electric saw and start building a house. Just ask Jesus, he knows. You can watch the want-a-be on one of those DIY shows or Brian Baeumler’s show where people have taken ten years to do a renovation.  It's interesting to watch people try things for the first time thinking, "No problem, I can do this." Which leads us back to the beginning, to become rich and famous, a doctor, nurse, nuclear physicist, a Para-medic, or whatever, all take time to learn, grow and become.  

It's the same with being a Christ Follower. You may have made the first step in accepting Christ but there is a long way to go to reach maturity in Christ. This past Sunday we read together Ephesians 4:11-16 which talks about life in this way. Just as a doctor takes a long time of residency, so it takes a while to become proficient in the Christian life. It is a day by day, growing experience. One that happens as we walk close to God and hold a nail scared hand in ours, and one that happens when we walk close to each other.

Something to think about.

Rob