![Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Fifty-One. As with any earthly parent, the expectation of God, our Heavenly Father, is that His children grow. Now, that’s a valid expectation because that’s how God wired creation in the first place. All of creation grows. It never stops growing. Way back in Genesis when God said, let there be light, that was actually a […] The post Why Growth Is An Essential Mindset For Jesus Followers appeared first on emeryhorvath.com. Related posts: What Does A Spiritually Mature Jesus Follower Look Like? What It Means to Be Really Mature in God How To Find Your Ultimate Calling for Your Life](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=http://assets.libsyn.com/show/55444/Podcast_Cover_-_Light_on_Life.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
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Emery Horvath: Bible Teaching and Commentary Author
Why Growth Is An Essential Mindset For Jesus Followers
Why Growth Is An Essential Mindset For Jesus Followers
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Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Fifty-One
As with any earthly parent, the expectation of God, our Heavenly Father, is that His children grow. Now, that’s a valid expectation because that’s how God wired creation in the first place. All of creation grows. It never stops growing. Way back in Genesis when God said, let there be light, that was actually a statement of growth. When God spoke those words, light propelled forward from inside of Himself at the magnificent speed of 186,000 miles a second. Light has never stopped traveling, never stopped growing since that day. It’s no surprise that things grow. One day a lady asked a question of her landscape gardener. The question caught him off guard. “Will you say that again, ma’am,” said the landscape gardener? The lady-of-the-house waved her hand to include several acres of the woodland she was having landscaped. This is what the lady said — “I want a picture of how it will all look when it’s finished—fish pond and rose garden included. Could it look like this picture in Better Homes and Gardens?” The gardener replied, “Hard to say, you know, we’re dealing here with living things. I can show you a pattern, I guess, but these things grow. Okay? So you’re going to have to keep on planting, cultivating, and trimming. Who’s to say what it will look like some day? It’s just never going to get finished growing!” … “I had no idea I was hiring a philosopher,” [my friend] said over coffee. “But that little speech reminded me that growth doesn’t stop when we reach our full height.” 1 We’re talking about growth today. Why Growth Is An Essential Mindset For Jesus Followers all on this week’s Light on Life.
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