The Secret of Growing in the Christian Life

The Christian life requires a certain amount of nurture and cultivation.

- Reverend Dr. Rocky Brown, 3rd

Otherwise, it will not grow in grace and truth, but dries up and dies instead. The secret of growing in the Christian Life has been clearly defined in the Bible. It has been there a long time for us to read. As Christians, we have been too blind to see it. Man has often attempted to define the meaning of life in his own feeble ways. And these man-made formulas for a full life have never fully passed the test of the ages.

For Ralph Waldo Emerson, life was a series of surprises, and was not worth taking or keeping if it were anything else.

For James Russell Lowell, life was but another womb, wherein we would be shaped to be born into the next life.

Martin Luther King viewed life as pursuing a cause he was willing to die for.

Our Lord Jesus linked the quest for life directly with himself. For He said, "Follow me, because I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

Today, we find that every medium is directed toward confusing young minds with worldly definitions of life.

Now, in contrast to all this, the Apostle Peter gives us tried and true guidelines for growing in an eternally worthwhile life. These guidelines were communicated to humanity directly from God.

Peter was a man of practical action. He was an activist. Whether fishing or mending nets, professing his loyalty to Jesus or raising a sword to defend his master in the garden, Peter was always up and doing. He possessed a zest for living. In his activism, Peter transmits the first secret of the good life: To keep busy, to be actively engaged in the work of the Lord.