A Practical Guide for Transformative Growth Part 2ნიმუში

The Return Home

No reward is for yourself (at least not in the kingdom). Now you must return home to share the reward with the community. Joseph saved his family from starvation and poverty. Job prayed for his friends. David ensured that Solomon became the wisest and most successful king who ever lived. The journey to maturity is not complete until we turn around and help others along their journey. This book is one example of that. It is my attempt to share all that I have learnt on my journey with as many people as possible. If we do that, we will discover a new place of fulfilment, purpose, community, belonging, and well-being. At first, our circumstances may not look different on the outside, but we will be different, and our experience of the circumstances will be different, and eventually, what’s on the inside of us will change what’s around us.

Conclusion

Everyone’s journey will look different. You may go forward and then backwards. You may also be at one stage in one area of your life and at another stage in another area. The journey can also be interpreted as a cycle, with The Return Home eventually becoming your Comfort Zone until God elicits another Call for you to grow, and you go around the loop again. The most useful way to use this guide is to determine which stage best describes where you are right now. When you can do that, then you can begin to understand what God might be doing in your life in this season and how to partner with that good work of maturation that He is doing in you. Bon voyage!

This content was adapted from the book BECOMING mature: A Practical Guide for Disciples of Jesus by Matik Nicholls. To purchase or explore more resources from Authentic Joy, click here!