Make Every Effort to Grow

(Brian Schreiber) - Listen to how an article from the Washington Post begins: “It is every pilot’s worst nightmare to hear strange sounds coming from a plane.  An exploding engine.  A cracking exhaust valve.  The metallic ping of a bolt sheering under pressure.  At 35,000 feet, even the smallest of sounds can signal serious trouble.  So it was surely a frightening moment on Monday when an Alaska Airlines pilot heard a banging noise only a few minutes after takeoff. “The problem wasn’t a broken instrument, however, but rather a drowsy luggage handler. Passengers on the flight from Seattle to Los Angeles were shocked when their plane returned to the airport almost immediately after taking off. They were even more stunned when rescue workers waiting on the tarmac popped open the plane’s cargo hold and removed an airport employee. The employee had apparently dozed off while loading suitcases and woken up in the sky.” This got me thinking about the Christian life.  Some Christians have fallen asleep surrounded by baggage and as a result they’ve been grounded.  Friend, listen.  You can’t take off spiritually if you’re asleep and you won’t fly if you’ve bedded down with your baggage.

We’re going to see  that there can be no coasting for Christians.  Second Peter 1:5-11 will help remind you that if you want to grow in grace you can’t be spiritual sluggards or pew potatoes.  You have to make every effort to grow up in grace.

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