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GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7
Psalm 42

2 Peter 3:10-18

 

Not to grow up is to go down!

 

GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE
 
“Grow in grace” (2 Pet 3:18) - not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that most important of graces, faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than you have ever done. Let faith increase in steadfastness, in constancy, in simplicity.
 
Grow also in love. Pray the Lord that your love be extended, more intense, more practical, beautifying your every thought, word, and deed. Likewise, grow in humility. Seek the lowest place; recognise more of your own nothingness. As you grow downward in humility, seek also to grow upward, approaching nearer to God in prayer and communion.
 
Let not your spiritual growth stop there, but grow in knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He who grows not in the knowledge of his Saviour, loses out on great blessing. To know Him is “life eternal” (John 17:3), and to increase in the knowledge of Him is to increase in true happiness. He who does not long to know more of Christ impoverishes himself. The Apostle Paul counted “all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus …” (Phil 3:8).
 
Dear reader, how do you love the Lord Jesus? If you truly love Him, you will be as the hart panting for the water brooks. And one sip of that “soul satisfying” knowledge makes you thirst for more. You will pant after deeper draughts of His love. True love always cries, “Nearer, nearer my Lord to Thee!” The more you drink of Him, the more you want to drink. The very knowledge of His presence is Heaven. Are you growing or going? Pray the Lord to keep you very near the cross and let the precious flow of love melt your heart. Then see how He helps you grow.
 
THOUGHT: Flying always to the cross of Jesus.

PRAYER: Father, may Thy Holy Spirit empower me to grow spiritually

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