Episode 193 - Conformed Unto His Death

Growth is often misunderstood.We tend to think it means adding more to our lives.More knowledge.More discipline.More accomplishments.But throughout the Scriptures, God often speaks of growth in a very different way.Sometimes growth begins with letting go.The farmer knows that a seed must first be buried before it bears fruit.Jesus taught that a grain of wheat must fall into the earth and die if it is to produce an abundant harvest.The Christian life follows that same pattern.Before there is resurrection, there is the cross.Before there is new life, there is surrender.That’s the path Paul describes in the final words of today’s verse.