Learn: To Learn

I thought I would start out with the need to learn how to learn.

We need to be open to new experiences, but in a way that preserves the truth of our past. We should not be afraid that new things are going to shake the bedrock of our beliefs. I do not believe anything I learn going forward will ever shake belief in Jesus as Lord of my life and Savior. Everything flows from that,it is foundational to my worldview,to my thinking about, well everything.

If your beliefs are not that solid in your life, you need to question why.

But a solid belief system should not stop you from pursuing new things, learning new ideas and perspectives. It should lead to growth in and not away from your beliefs, if these beliefs are founded in truth.

"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6 (NASB)

If we are a work in process, should we not expect opportunities of growth to pass before our path? I pursue this kind of growth, as I expect it to keep perfecting me each and every day that I pursue it. And I know I am not smart enough to know the growth until I experience the situation in which to grow in. If it turns out not to be the growth I am seeking, I will reject what does not fit my beliefs in Christ.

Maybe it sounds simple or simplistic, but I find it hard work, but so rewarding when I mine out each nugget of growth.

Work In Progress

"Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.

Oswald Chambers - My Utmost For His Highest

"For I am confident of this very thing,that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."

Philippians 1:6

We are a work in progress, of that I am sure. Growth in Christ is not always going to feel comfortable; we are faced with a world with enmity towards our Savior. In our growth we are stepping out a little farther from the world, but we are also stepping out of our own personal comfort zone. It is not always going to feel good, at first. Nor are others always going to gladly embrace the new situation; they may not see it as growth, but just as change. People generally do not like change.

Oswald Chambers is telling us it is a journey; Paul is telling us it will continue until we meet Jesus.

I am telling myself that it needs to happen. What are you saying to yourself?