๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ:๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ.โ
You canโt see leaven, yeast, in flour once itโs kneaded in. Yet its effect is readily apparent once the yeast starts to ferment, producing carbon dioxide which causes the batter to expand, or rise. And there are many things whose growth and development is undetectable by the naked eye.
Spiritual growth and maturity is largely unmeasurable. Seed is sown, watered but the Lord grants the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6-9). It is a foolโs errand to gauge growth by human-visible development. And it is a marvelous truth that though nothing is seen, the Kingdom and its effects grow in individuals and nations.
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Doubt goes both ways โ one can doubt in Godโs existence and involvement with the world AND one can doubt that doubt. It is simply true that the Holy Spirit moves upon hearts in ways we cannot see.
I am invited to give up both rose-colored and despairing perspectives. It is simply true that I do not know how God is moving and can only operate in faith that the Kingdom IS growing like yeast in rising dough.
Often it requires pure and persistent faith to do this:
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ:๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ.
And I do well to find that faith and let it reign this day.