How Do We Grow in Our Faith?
Have you ever just wanted to sit down with God and ask Him to assure you that your name is “written in heaven” (Lk 10:20b)? Or have you ever felt that you were stuck in your faith—like you weren’t growing? When I was in high school, I reached a point in my spiritual journey where I felt stuck. I wanted to grow in my relationship with God, but I didn’t know how. Sometimes, I wrestled with the question of whether I was saved. But can we be sure? And how do we grow in our faith and keep on doing it? In the years that have passed since then, I have found some answers to those questions. One thing God has taught me is that that evidence of spiritual growth in my life will help dispel these doubts. That is not to say that spiritual growth saves me, but it gives me assurance of my salvation—assurance that God is working in my life. In 2 Peter 1:1-11, we find instructions for growing our faith from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity, at the heart of whi...
