They look for dramatic experiences, climactic turning points, instant solutions to their spiritual problems-but real, lasting victory doesn t come through those means. God s design is that we be seasoned to maturity through a continual process of growth. This contemporary de-emphasis of spiritual growth has reaped a bitter harvest. Millions of professing Christians suffer from arrested development. Churches are filled with people who are spiritually immature, undiscerning, weak, and fragile.
Spiritual underdevelopment is the rule, no longer an exception.
This is a severe threat, and is a sign that something is terribly wrong, for growth is one of the essential signs of life in both the physical and the spiritual realms. Where there is no growth, no true life exists. Where is no spiritual growth, there is good reason to question whether spiritual life exists. Each day we progress in our spiritual life toward a fuller, higher, personal, experiential knowledge of God and Christ. We can go to His Word, to the God who wrote it, and know Him more personally.