Recently, I read that when infants are born, they have an innate need to store memories where they feel safe. Their first experience on this earth is one of trauma because they’re removed from the warm, dark place they knew for nine months. After being placed in a bright, cold and unfamiliar environment, they need to know they are still secure. As they build these safe memories, they gradually can recall them during moments when they’re not being held, rocked or coddled.
When I read about this process, I thought about our faith walk and how it follows the same pattern. We first receive the gospel message as “infants,” the apostle Paul says. We live on milk, and often aren’t ready to receive the meatier, heavier aspects of the Word yet. The Spirit knows this, which is why the process of sanctification is not instantaneous. It takes an entire lifetime as we grow and become more like Jesus.
But eventually, God wants us to leave what’s safe and comfortable. He wants us to experience the full adventure of life he has for us, and we can’t do this if we remain stuck in the same place.
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Hi Abby. My comment pertains to your article How to Praise God for the Breakthru You’re Waiting to See. I agree with everything you’re saying wholeheartedly but would you please be more specific about the step/action one is to take in this paragraph,,,”But then, we must take a step. Because you see, faith means not only believing and declaring the truth, but acting on it. It means giving feet to the proclamations we made with our mouths. This is when we see real growth. We have the divine opportunity to see God do the impossible, because we made a move in the sphere of the possible.”
Hi Kara, thank you for your comment and question. When I talked about taking a step, I meant a step toward something you feel God is calling you to do. God speaks to our hearts in many different ways, and we need to respond by taking steps of faith and doing what we feel he’s calling us to do. Sometimes we complicate his will for us, but it’s quite simply to love him and love others. I hope that helps. God bless.