Please Watch the video above before you continue reading.
You may look at the video above and wonder what in the world does Lion King have to do with “How We Grow”. When I was younger I used to watch the Lion King movie. Matter of fact, this is secretly one of my favorite movies. I love the message of growth and finding oneself that runs throughout the movie. The Lion King movie has MANY great messages (Like This One: Click Here).The movie helps teach kids about responsibility and ultimately how everything and everyone in life have a common purpose. We are all one and tie in together. In the video above, you see young Simba learning about Hakuna Matatta. This is a an idea of a carefree and easy going life. You can see that he learns this at a very young age and carries it with him throughout his young adult life. I picked this video to show that we Grow based upon the decisions we make in our life. In the end of the movie Simba ultimately changes his ideas and beliefs and winds up becoming the King.
I love messages about positive growth and even more about spiritual growth. Before I continue blogging about this days message, I wanted to highlight one of my favorite bible verses. It just so happened that this appeared in Day 23 of the book.
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." - 1 Corinthians 13 : 11
This chapter was a great introduction to spiritual growth. It helped frame the idea of spiritual growth and the responsibility needed to grow.
First off, you must want to grow. There must be a self motivated desire, an internal yearning to grow. This is similar to external locus of control. External locus of control deals with how you view faults and guilt. People who have a view of external locus of control feel that the world is in control for thier actions. There are outside forces that motivate them to do things. On the flip side, Internal locus of control focuses on self motivation and responsiblity. You are responsible for your own actions and you are the motivation for doing the things you do. Spiritual growth is similar. Spiritual growth can not happen without you deciding that you want to grow. The pastor, your friends, & your family can not force you to want to grow spiritually. You can not be prodded, poked, and guilted into wanting to grow spiritually. You have to want to grow.
It's not enough to want to grow, you must also commit to growing. There are alot of people who WANT to success, fame, money, and many different things. But you must also commit to what you want. If you want to grow spiritually, you must commit to growing spiritually. Again, you can not be poked, prodded, and guilited into commiting. A commitment has to come from your heart and be genuine.
Part of commiting requires you to change your ways. Changing your ways can be highlighted by the bible verse I quoted above. When you were a child, you did childish things. You were immature, selfish, and materialistic. However, part of growing up and maturing is letting go of all of those childish traits.
The book states that you need to change your auto pilot. I think that this ties into changing your ways. You act a certain way because this is embeded in how you think. You act on your thoughts and how you were raised. Some of these traits were engrained in your personality when you were younger or habits that you picked up throughout your life. In order to change your autopilot, it requires that you change the way you think and how you view things. This can be the most difficult part of growing. It requires dedication and endurance.
I know people often use the term "Man Up" or "Woman Up". It often means to not be afraid of a situation and step up. I challenge each of us to Man / Woman up. I can not force you to want to grow nor can I tell you what traits you need to change in order to help you grow spiritually. You are the only one that can look at yourself and decide what you need to do. But as we continue to walk through the 40 days of Purpose, God may talk to you and challenge you to "Man Up". Are you up for the challenge?
I'll close this posting with a video for all of the Lion King fans...
You may look at the video above and wonder what in the world does Lion King have to do with “How We Grow”. When I was younger I used to watch the Lion King movie. Matter of fact, this is secretly one of my favorite movies. I love the message of growth and finding oneself that runs throughout the movie. The Lion King movie has MANY great messages (Like This One: Click Here).The movie helps teach kids about responsibility and ultimately how everything and everyone in life have a common purpose. We are all one and tie in together. In the video above, you see young Simba learning about Hakuna Matatta. This is a an idea of a carefree and easy going life. You can see that he learns this at a very young age and carries it with him throughout his young adult life. I picked this video to show that we Grow based upon the decisions we make in our life. In the end of the movie Simba ultimately changes his ideas and beliefs and winds up becoming the King.
I love messages about positive growth and even more about spiritual growth. Before I continue blogging about this days message, I wanted to highlight one of my favorite bible verses. It just so happened that this appeared in Day 23 of the book.
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." - 1 Corinthians 13 : 11
This chapter was a great introduction to spiritual growth. It helped frame the idea of spiritual growth and the responsibility needed to grow.
First off, you must want to grow. There must be a self motivated desire, an internal yearning to grow. This is similar to external locus of control. External locus of control deals with how you view faults and guilt. People who have a view of external locus of control feel that the world is in control for thier actions. There are outside forces that motivate them to do things. On the flip side, Internal locus of control focuses on self motivation and responsiblity. You are responsible for your own actions and you are the motivation for doing the things you do. Spiritual growth is similar. Spiritual growth can not happen without you deciding that you want to grow. The pastor, your friends, & your family can not force you to want to grow spiritually. You can not be prodded, poked, and guilted into wanting to grow spiritually. You have to want to grow.
It's not enough to want to grow, you must also commit to growing. There are alot of people who WANT to success, fame, money, and many different things. But you must also commit to what you want. If you want to grow spiritually, you must commit to growing spiritually. Again, you can not be poked, prodded, and guilited into commiting. A commitment has to come from your heart and be genuine.
Part of commiting requires you to change your ways. Changing your ways can be highlighted by the bible verse I quoted above. When you were a child, you did childish things. You were immature, selfish, and materialistic. However, part of growing up and maturing is letting go of all of those childish traits.
The book states that you need to change your auto pilot. I think that this ties into changing your ways. You act a certain way because this is embeded in how you think. You act on your thoughts and how you were raised. Some of these traits were engrained in your personality when you were younger or habits that you picked up throughout your life. In order to change your autopilot, it requires that you change the way you think and how you view things. This can be the most difficult part of growing. It requires dedication and endurance.
I know people often use the term "Man Up" or "Woman Up". It often means to not be afraid of a situation and step up. I challenge each of us to Man / Woman up. I can not force you to want to grow nor can I tell you what traits you need to change in order to help you grow spiritually. You are the only one that can look at yourself and decide what you need to do. But as we continue to walk through the 40 days of Purpose, God may talk to you and challenge you to "Man Up". Are you up for the challenge?
I'll close this posting with a video for all of the Lion King fans...
- Keith (AKA Deeply Rooted)
1 comment:
What a great blog, Keith! I am trying to catch up and yours really blessed me.
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