Grow in Knowledge

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen."
(2 Peter 3:18 NKJV)

Not only does Peter tell his fellow followers of Jesus that they need to grow in grace, he also tells them to grow in knowledge. So, what should this growth look like? We should grow to look more and more like Jesus. We know Him by knowing God's word. We need to be saturated by it. Drenched in it. Just as preparing food to eat takes time, so does feeding ourselves spiritually. We need to spend time reading God's word. We need to spend time in prayer. We need to spend time encouraging and being encouraged by other believers. Do you feel spiritually anemic? Check and see what you are putting into your spiritual life.

The goal of this is not to just check a box. We need to grow in intimacy with Jesus. We need to grow in love with Him. As we know Him, then we will love Him more, and then we can serve Him. These need to happen in this order. If we serve Him without knowing Him and loving Him, our service will be driven out of duty and self-righteousness. If we love Him, but don't know Him and don't serve Him, then we will be given to sentimentality and selfishness. If we know Him, but don't love Him, and don't serve Him, then we will be prone to arrogance and pride. We need all three actions if we want to grow spiritually.

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