Entrusted: Your First 35 Days as a Steward

Day 8 of 35 · Week 2: Stewardship of Faith and Spiritual Growth

Faith Is Meant to Grow

When you first believe, faith can feel like a finished thing. You believed, so now you have it.

But the Bible treats faith more like a seed than a trophy. It is alive. It is meant to grow.

Paul tells the believers in Colossae to keep living in Christ just as they received Him. He uses two pictures. Rooted, like a tree. Built up, like a house. Both take time. Neither happens by accident.

That is why faith is one of the five areas of stewardship. God has given you the gift of faith. Now you are responsible to cultivate it.

A farmer cannot make a seed grow. Only God gives life. But a farmer can water, weed, and protect. In the same way, you cannot force spiritual growth. But you can put yourself where growth happens.

This week you will look at the places where faith grows: God's Word, prayer, the church, baptism, and even hard seasons of doubt.

Do not measure yourself against believers who have walked with Jesus for decades. A seedling is not a failure because it is not an oak. It is healthy if it is growing.

Paul ends with one more mark of growing faith: overflowing with thankfulness. Gratitude is often the first sign that roots are going down.

Pray

Lord, thank You for the gift of faith. I do not want it to stay small. Root me deep in You and build me up. Show me where to put myself so that my faith can grow. Amen.

Today's Scripture (NIV)

• Colossians 2:6-7
• Mark 4:26-29