Post #7: Growth in His Power
So here we are, grinding through this life, day by day. The best word I can come up with, is "striving." We all want to be better, do more, etc. Somehow I end up short of my expectations more often than not. My performance wasn't as good as I'd wanted...my attitude towards my children was less than stelar...my time was prioritized all wrong and I didn't get things done...I made a poor choice and stumbled, sinned. Do you ever feel like the striving is too much? I have to ask myself if I'm tapping into the correct source of strength. This is such an important question. Remember the analogy that Jesus gave us of the vine and the branch (see previous post as well)? We are the branches. He said we can do nothing on our own apart from Him. A branch not connected to the vine is dead. If you've given your life to God, then you are completely saved. Don't stop there. God doesn't intend for you to stay. He wants to help grow you up...