Earlier, I had posted that my only scale here is a mirror and that the lesson I learned is that I should measure my spiritual growth in the mirror of God's word and God's people rather than scales and metrics. Well, I finally found a scale (at the Physio Therapist office) and to my dismay I had only lost one or two pounds. All other evidence in the mirror suggests I have lost more than that. Yes I know that muscle mass is more dense than fat, but I am losing upper body muscle mass as I can not lift heavy right now (actually, I don't think I will lift weights while in NZ).
This made me think - how do we measure spiritual growth? What is real? God's Word that says I'm a new creation, or how I measure up to some standard of behavior?
And why all the measuring? We will never "arrive". The Apostle Paul himself says, "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me".
I press on to take hold...
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