A few years ago, I happened to walk in to a Spanish-language service at Bronx Bethany. The guest speaker spoke no English. And I, who speak very little Spanish, was listening to her pray with no clue as to what she might be saying... but then, she said something that I understood.
"Mas! Mas!" (More! More!)
More. It's a word that shows up every now and again in corporate worship. We sing something like, Lord, we want more of You, less of us, et cetera. Second Corinthians 3:18 says, "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." God expects that His children will grow in ever-increasing glory, because growth is a normal part of spiritual development.
This past Sunday, Pastor Richie asked a challenging question. It is worth asking again.
When people watch us over a period of time, do they see that we are growing to look more and more like Jesus?
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