Be Made New.

Your mind and spirit has to be renewed, made new in order to grow in the newness of Christ. {Romans 12:2, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.}

 Otherwise you crumble under the weight of the newness in Jesus Christ by letting your old ways keep you from expanding with it. Thereby the new knowledge is wasted and it does not benefit you or others. {Matthew 9:17, Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.}

Food for thought, our daily bread.

Mature Responsibility

It's time to grow up. It is time to stop relying on other people to get us to a higher place in god. God is God all by himself. Anyone that speaks for God is only an instrument. If people lead you astray woe to them, but it is not their negligence alone. We have a choice. We can believe a person, pastor, preacher, minister, friend, mama, dad, teacher. We can believe what they say or we can put in the work, research, study, and seek for ourselves. Take responsibility for your own relationship with God the Father.

 As a child we were all at a place of ignorance and relied on someone else to help guide us, clothe us, and teach us, but at some point we grew to do for ourselves(1 Corinthians 13:11). Even if someone tried to keep us dependent on them we still have the ability to break free and make our own choices. You have your own mind. God should be our only dependency and we should teach our children and other people the same, because people in their flesh will always let each other down. God never fails or disappoints. We only perceive his ways with misunderstanding(Isaiah 55:8-9). 

Learn and grow, then teach others to get to that place where they can do the same. We all should be ever learning, not stuck waiting for someone else to tell us what word to read or when to praise. A child cannot stay a baby and drink only milk all their lives(Hebrews 5:12-14, For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. KJV) 

We as believers need to progress in Christ. Don't stop at just being saved. Dig deeper into God and His word. Press pass just being saved and getting by(Philippians 3:14). Seek the kingdom and your role in it, (Matthew 6:33). It's time to mature in Christ and be responsible for your own life and soul salvation.

 I hope you are checking the scripture references. This blog is to help you grow so you must do your own search. Those who are hungry will learn to feed themselves and be filled(Matthew 5:6). Those satisfied with just getting by will not lift the fork to their mouth even when it is next to their hand(Proverbs 19:24, A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again). Which one are you?

 I pray you are blessed and that you are growing and maturing in the word of God and living a life like Jesus Christ. God bless you in Jesus name. Blessings on blessings 🙏