Growing in Christ

At the moment my husband and I are in Hawaii with friends enjoying the warm weather and sunshine.  It's been a pretty laid back time.  We have no agenda and nowhere to be.  Pretty nice place.  Before and after breakfast we all do our devotion time, check on what's going on in the news, then head to the beach or whale watch.  

I've come to the realization that I am hearing more from God reading my devotionals here than I was at home.  I've missed that closeness with Him.  I'm not doing anything different here than I do at home.  I spend about the same time.  What exactly is distracting me from my relationship with Christ when I'm home?  My life isn't very hectic.  My home is a warm and comfortable place to be.   Maybe it's too comfortable and routine to the point that I've become complacent.  I'll need to deal with that when I get home because it can't continue on as it has.  I thank God we've had this time away so I could realize the issue I was having at home.  Pray that I find that balance that I need when we get home.

So, after that last paragraph, I want to share a few things that I have written in my little journal/calendar.  Jesus talked about seeds.  One of my devotions brought to light that if you take apart a pinecone there are little seeds in it.  That little seed doesn't look like much but if it's planted and nurtured, it will grow into a tree.  But the awesome thing is that there was always a fully grown tree in that seed, but no one could see it until the conditions were right.  Do you see how amazing that is!  Our dreams, that God has provided us, are in seed form just waiting for the right conditions to make them grow.  Philippians 1:4-6 says that we are confident that He (God) who began a good work in us will carry it to completion in Christ.  What God plants will grow if we do what's necessary.

Is the dream that God gave you still in seed form?  It's there, the whole thing.  It just needs the right conditions to grow.  Seek Christ.