“Following Jesus is an ongoing, ever-evolving experience.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2016-03-01) from his book, (UN)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things (p. 119). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

We haven’t arrived. We are evolving.

I love baseball. Today is the Dodgers, my favorite team’s home opener. I love it.

Back when my son Brett played baseball in Pony Ball there were these kids who physically had matured before the other kids. And they were the best players. The problem was for them they felt they would always be the best so they didn’t work as hard and later as some of those who weren’t as big did all they could to learn and grow better they eventually passed those other kids. They knew they hadn’t arrived yet and they knew they would always have to keep at becoming better.

And that can happen relationally. We find that person and we have that exciting day where we have that big wedding and we believed we have arrived. Now you can run on the romance for awhile but if you don’t do what you need to do to grow together then you could eventually grow apart. There is a process.

And that is also true in our relationship with Christ. Steven says, “The Christian walk is not a finish line. It’s not a goal or an achievement. It’s an ongoing relationship with Jesus. It’s a progression of growing and changing, of embracing and replacing, of listening to God’s voice and living out who he says we are. It’s a process, and it will last the rest of our lives. Following Jesus is an ongoing, ever-evolving experience. And the sooner we realize that and accept it, the more we’ll enjoy the journey.”

So how are you enjoying the journey?

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