(CS4U) Personal Growth - Part 3

 

Personal Growth – Part 3   I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. Proverbs 4:11   Before we leave the subject of personal growth, let us look at three more things: 1) Refuse to plateau. It is tempting to find a plateau with comfortable stress, adequate finances and enjoyable relationships, without the intimidation of making new ones or entering unfamiliar situations. We all need to plateau for a time: to climb, rest and assimilate. But once we have assimilated what we have learned, we must climb again. It is tragic when we have made our last climb. When that happens we are old, whether we are 9 or 99! 2) Pay the price. You will always have to trade something you have in order to get something you want - like time spent on leisure activities; the price of further instruction; constant change and constant risks. Sometimes growth is just plain lonely. That is why so many of us stop growing; the cost gets too high! Solomon says: "Though it cost all you have, get understanding." Teddy Roosevelt said, "There has never been a person in history that led a life of ease, whose name is worth remembering." Can you think of one? 3) Find a way to apply what you learn. Do not let learning lead to knowledge - let it lead to action! If you are not changing as a result of what you are learning, it is because: a) you are not giving your personal growth plan enough attention. b) you are focusing on your liabilities instead of your possibilities. c) you are not applying what you are learning. You have forgotten the all-important principle which says, "when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves" (James 1:22).   Prayer Heavenly Father, help me grow daily in my understanding of you and the world you have me serving in. In Jesus'Name, Amen

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