BBD 03.20.14 Grow (Classic)
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Classic from 2005
03.20.14
Grow
The "Llizarov Procedure" is still very
popular in China and the numbers having the procedure done are increasing. The Llizarov
Procedure consists of breaking of the bones of the leg and then placing
adjustable leg braces on them to pull the bones apart. The braces are adjusted
manually three or four times a day. The purpose of the painful procedure is to
grow taller, and people endure the painful process hoping that they will reap
benefits by being taller. A 5-foot-tall woman going through the procedure once
said, "I'll have a better job, a better
boyfriend, and eventually a better husband. It's a long-term investment." She hoped eventually to grow to be four inches taller
although I have not heard whether or not she reached her goal.
It is almost incomprehensible what some people are
willing to do to grow a little taller!
Physical growth may provide some benefits for some people; however, there is
another kind of growth from which we will always reap benefits. That other kind
of growth is spiritual growth. In order to grow spiritually we must have a
desire to do so, and we must continually work at the process by taking
advantage of all of the resources of God. Spiritual growth is not an easy
process, but it can happen in your life just as it has for countless others
through the ages.
We cannot grow spiritually if we do not take advantage of
the resources that God has given to us at great cost (Romans 8:32). We must daily have an input of God’s Word (Matthew 4:4) or we will not grow. We must continuously be
in an attitude of prayer (1
Thessalonians 5:17-18) or we will not grow. We
must faithfully be a part of a local body of believers (Hebrews 10:24-25) or we will not grow.
To grow spiritually, we must take advantage of the
resources that God has given to us at great cost, and we must also put into
practice the teachings of Jesus, or we will not grow. We should love God with
all our hearts mind and soul and our neighbors as ourselves. We should do unto
others as we would have them do unto us. We should serve others just as Jesus
did and we should be obedient to the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). We should strive to be
obedient always to everything our Lord would have us to do using Him as our
example, following in His steps.
Growing spiritually is not an easy process, but it is the
process that every Christian is called to go through. We will not complete the
process on this earth as long as we are clothed in human flesh. However, some
great, wonderful, glorious day when we meet our Lord face-to-face the process
will be completed, and we will be like Him.
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