'28' - Day 6

I heard a quote recently that states “If you’re green, you’re growing. If you’re ripe, you rot.” How true that is. We all get excited when we see things grow; flowers, garden vegetables, our bank accounts, puppies, children, our church. Growth creates momentum. Momentum produces excitement.

But, with growth comes growing pains. I remember experiencing these growing up; right behind my knees. I had trouble going to sleep at night; painful. And when growth stops happening, things begin to ripen, and ripening leads to rotting.

• Why are we here?


• What’s important to us?

Have we lost sight of those things and began to ripen and rot? That’s what seems to have happened to the church and the disciples in Acts 6. They apparently lost focus. They hit a bump. In their growth, some important ministries were neglected. So, they refocused, delegated some of their responsibilities, prayed over the delegates and rapidly experienced new growth in the church.

We all want to experience growth in our lives; physical growth, spiritual growth, mental growth, social growth. It’s during cycles of growth that organisms or organizations are most healthy. Are you growing or are you rotting?