Monday, August 10, 2015
GROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Growth can either be healthy or unhealthy
What is growth?
According to Wikipedia
Growth can occur as a stage of maturation or a process toward fullness or fulfillment.
Growth can either be quantified as explained below:
• Physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money)
• Abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature)
It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time.
Growth can also be:
Biological
• Cell growth
• A tumor is sometimes referred to as a "growth"
• Bacterial growth
• Human development (biology)
Social
• Human development (humanity)
• Developmental psychology
• Personal development ("Personal growth")
Economical
• Economic growth
• Financial growth,
Spiritual
• Deeper Study of the Bible
• Intimacy with the Spirit / Promptings
• Deeper Love for God and His people
Note:
Growth can be
1. Consistent (Linear) :
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,and there a little.
(Isaiah 28: 10)
2. Geometric (size, length, depth, width):
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love. (Eph. 3:17)
3. Spontaneous (Uninhibited, Natural)
Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.
(John 7:38b)
God expects us as believers to be consistent, geometric and spontaneous with our growth with Him.
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