More And More!
"Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the
Lord Jesus that you should abound more and
more, just as you received from us how you
ought to walk and to please God."
1 Thessalonians 4: 1
Some Christian denominations celebrate a
confirmation service for young teens at age
thirteen, in which the teens publicly confirm
their faith in Christ.
In the Anglican tradition, a bishop prays: “May this child
continue thine forever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit
more and more.” That last phrase is not a prayer for more
of the Holy Spirit; rather more and more evidence, or fruit,
of the Spirit in the child’s life “until they come unto thy
everlasting kingdom.”
Paul used the same phrase “more and more” when
writing of his desires for the Thessalonian Christians’
spiritual growth: “abound more and more.” His point was
that there is no end when it comes to Christian maturity.
The day of our conversion to Christ is the beginning
point in a lifetime process of being conformed to the
image of Christ (Romans 8:29). That means we
must
never stop growing spiritually; we should never stop
bearing fruit; we must never stop
manifesting
good works.
Wherever you are in your Christian
walk, your journey is just beginning.
"Measure your growth in grace
by your sensitiveness to sin."
Oswald Chambers