[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Biblical keys for personal growth (2)

Read: 2 Peter 1:5-11 

Meditation verse: 

“If the axe is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more  strength. But wisdom brings success” (Ecclesiastes 10:10) 

Here are some additional biblical principles for personal growth and  advancement. 

NEVER STOP LEARNING: It is often said that the day you stop learning, you start  dying. Life is a lively process of becoming. Your imagination is capable of a lot  more than you can dream. Proverbs 4:7 says, “wisdom is the principal thing;  therefore, get wisdom, and in all your getting, get understanding”. 2 Peter 1:5- 

8 says, “but also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue,  to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to  perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly  kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren  nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 54:2-3 says, 

“enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your  dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you  shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the  nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited. So, if you desire expansion, keep  learning. 

GET A MENTOR AND UNDERSTUDY THEM: Mentoring is not just a business  principle; it is a biblical one. Joshua understudied Moses. Elisha understudied  Elijah. Growth and advancement can occur when you follow closely a person  who is already where you desire to be. You not only learn the secrets of their  success, but you can also be imparted with the same grace that they carry. The  bible records that Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his  hands on him (Deuteronomy 34:9). But be careful who you decide to follow. 

PLAN, PREPARE AND EXECUTE: Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar once said  “people do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount”.  Success hardly occurs by happenstance. The accomplishment of any meaningful endeavour requires careful planning, preparation, and execution. Be intentional  about taking the steps you need to get to where you desire to go.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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