At the point of seeing this title, you may hoard in your heart a question. You may probably want to ask if pain has to be involved anytime we talk about growth. To clear the air, I'did say Yes , growth is indeed a painful process.
The God we serve is a loving God and after giving us a we want , we tend to sometimes sway away from His original purposes for us. It's not witchcraft, it's just human nature. Therefore because doesn't want the enemies to get hold of you and lose you forever, He has to get your attention. Therefore , God allows some hurdles in your way that will make you remember Him again. See what David has to say in Psalm 119 vs 71;
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes
He realised that those experiences God gives Him is to make Him know God more. It is to make Him draw closer to God and acquaint Himself with His commands.
The truth of the matter is that what we fear most at times is what we often need the most. God understands this, and this is why He allows somethings to come our way so as to make us stronger and get better.
A football player who trains everyday will always be better than one who seldom does it. This is because the player will have learned endurance and gotten more strenght whereas the other will will clearly lack both. Growth as well as strenght comes through steady efforts and struggles.
Another very important thing you should take note of is that growth and comfort do not relate in any means. There is no way you will Desire growth and stay in a place where you are comfortable. You must have to leave your comfort Zone , travel distances, think, stress your reasoning faculty and get your Brains charged. When it comes to growth, your patience is tested. How long the growth comes shouldn't be your problem, your target should be that the growth came in the long run.
Meet successful people in the world and they will tell you that there was a time all they needed was to keep moving despite how unfavourable the journey seemed. There were times they had to adapt to the new environment they finds themselves as well as adapt to their new selves. There were times they had to do revisions and make some changes to suit their journey. However , one thing was common among all of them. They never gave up the struggle.
Therefore you must take after them if you really want to get successful and grow all round. Philippians 3 vs 10 says;
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death
Even Christ had to go through the painful process of growth and it is logical to think that the reason why you are currently in that Lane is so that you can grow and become better individuals.
So yea I know that
"GROWTH IS A PAINFUL PROCESS, BUT STICK TO IT".
