Growth is one of the vital characteristics, which is needed in everything we are doing, including in our relationship with God. He expects that our relationship with Him, must not be stagnant.

God understands that as a child, when you newly came to Christ, you are not all that strong and firm.

A baby starts its growth process from crawling. It is not abnormal for a baby to fall while trying to walk, but it becomes a problem if the child continues to crawl at the time he or she should be walking.

This is also applicable in our walk with God.

1 Peter 2:2 (AMP): As newborn babies, LONG FOR (thirst for, earnestly DESIRE) the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may GROW.

From the scripture above, we will discover that God does not want you to remain a crawling child, He desires that you GROW unto maturity, unto a greater knowledge of who He is and who you are in Him.

You can’t remain a weak and falling child forever. At the first stage of your christian walk, your weakness is understandable, but there has to be a change and improvement in it daily.

There should be a daily increase in the time you spend with Him, there should be a daily increase in the depth of your love for Him and for His word. Daily change is expected in the way you pray.

“As newborn babies, you should DESIRE….”

This is where we begin to find our solution to growing in Christ. You should desire, crave, thirst, and long for His undiluted milk, that’s the basic thing to do in order to GROW.

God’s Word by the Spirit gives us the secret to how we can access more of our Father in Heaven; desiring growth, craving for more.

Take for example, that moment when you were with exciting family and friends; having the best of fun, then you realize it is almost time to go home.

At this point, if it were possible, you would literarily pause the hands of time, you would desire that there should be extra time to spend together.

That’s DESIRE!

Most times, when true desire comes, it doesn’t look at the impossibilities, it only sees the possibilities of what it desires. Hence, your desire to grow, is what actually starts growth itself.

Are you satisfied with the current level of your relationship with Jesus Christ?

Don’t you think you could step up in your quiet time with the Holy Spirit?
There’s got to be more to God than what you have now.

A DESIRE and a CRAVING will begin the journey!

The place of desiring a change and growth, starts it all. You can’t take actions if there’s no desire, neither will you make decisions if there’s no desire.

So from today, stir up a desire to grow in Christ from now on. Stir up a desire to increase your time with Him, your time with His word, your time in His presence.

Ignite a desire to do more than the norms, because there is always more you can do!

Truly, desire without deliberate actions, will not yield sufficient results, therefore, in the part 2 of this teaching, we will consider the action to undertake, so as to grow in our walk with God.

Precious Wilfred