What is Develop?

make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; His company developed a new kind of building material; They developed a new technique; A flower developed on the branch; The country developed into a mighty superpower;

work out; We have developed a new theory of evolution;

gain through experience; I acquired a strong aversion to television; Children must develop a sense of right and wrong; Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position; develop a passion for painting;

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

come into existence; take on form or shape; A new religious movement originated in that country; a love that sprang up from friendship; the idea for the book grew out of a short story; An interesting phenomenon uprose;

change the use of and make available or usable; develop land; The country developed its natural resources; The remote areas of the country were gradually built up;

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; Could you develop the ideas in your thesis;

create by training and teaching; The old master is training world-class violinists; we develop the leaders for the future;

be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; The plot developed slowly;

grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment;

become technologically advanced; Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace; Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly;

cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;

generate gradually; We must develop more potential customers; develop a market for the new mobile phone;

grow emotionally or mature; The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten; When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior;

make visible by means of chemical solutions; Please develop this roll of film for me;

superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;

move into a strategically more advantageous position; develop the rook;

elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme;

happen; Report the news as it develops; These political movements recrudesce from time to time;

expand in the form of a series; Develop the function in the following form; develop;

Develop Real Growth

If you have been following thru these lesson studies, you will know how important it is to have The Whole Message. And we have learned that the best way to get The Whole Message is to Read More, Study More, and Pray More. Now in order to Develop Real Growth, we have to take it one more step and that is to apply The Whole Message to our everyday lives.
: Depth of Development

it is amazing that there are over 20 definitions of "develop" and the even more amazing fact is that almost every one of the definitions applies to the types of development that Christ can do in our lives. He will make something new, He will workout understanding, He will teach our gain through experience, and the list goes on.

When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, He is already going to work on us, developing us into better people. He actually develops each one of us at different rates, while some develop extremely slow in their walk with Christ, others develop quite fast. Both are good, it really doesn't matter HOW you are developing, the important element is that you ARE developing. Taking one step at a time is the key to development, not stopping in your development. It is when your growth in developing a depth of knowledge stops that we need to inject concern.

As for the rate of development, God needs some people to develop slower than others, and in fact He may have you studying better at a slower rate, where the quicker studier has to study the lessons over. I have often found that the people that take their time when it comes to learning God's Word do have a far better absorption of the knowledge that they are receiving. It is only the worldly that are in the mind-set of rush, rush.

We can also be slowing down the depth of development by our lazy ways, because of our busy lifestyles, and procrastination. Satan has many tools to keep us from learning God's Word, and the devil certainly doesn't want you learning The Whole Message. If the devil can give you parts of the message in a twisted form and then have you stop in your growth, he will use those twisted fragments of God's Word to put your growth of development into a complacent state of evil deceptions.

To increase our development we know the steps of Read More, Study More, Pray More. The key word here is MORE! The more we get into His Word and His presence, the greater rate of development we will have. I do strongly recommend the maximum rate of growth that you can possibly get is the best. Time is short and the more we learn the better, and the sooner we learn it the better.

2 Corinthians 9:10 (Spiritual Increase)

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness

Real Growth

Real Growth comes when we take all the lessons we learn and apply then to our everyday lives. Real growth will help us develop even greater depth of knowledge. It is actually one of those amazing cycles that I am excited about you entering into. The more we apply Christ to our everyday lives, the more we will learn and the more we learn, the more we will apply Christ to our everyday lives. Everything about Christ has these types of circles. When we start learning His Whole Message, He applies it to every aspect of our lives, and as we use the messages of His word, They will help us see and understand how important His Word really is.

As we grow, we will be changing our appetite for His messages. We will find ourselves getting off the milk for babies and increasing our intake of the meat of the messages. As so-called baby Christians grow they become better able to digest the deeper understandings of the Bible. It does take time to learn a lot of the lessons and you might not understand all of them right away, but in time they will be made clear. Continue to study & learn, and on the opposite side is the greatness of God that even the newest believers to God's Word can pick up on the deepest of messages. The fact of the matter is that we have a God that has such a simple message that anyone can understand it. There are so many things to learn, that not one single person could ever learn it all, and that's what makes it so exciting to continue, because we never know what God will show us next.

Here are a couple of scriptures:

1 Peter 2:1-2

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
: It really doesn't do much good to know The Whole Message and not live The Whole Message. To much is known much is required. We have a higher responsibility to accept God's calling. God has gifted us with His Whole Message and it is His will that we conduct ourselves with the action of the character He is requiring of us.

Luke 12:48

For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

Read More, Study More, Pray More....,, It's all about action, and doing! Living the message not just knowing the message. Too often people hide in Christ, hibernate, keep reserved and are not actively living the life that God is wanting to abundantly bless us with. The devil is doing everything he can to keep us from living a vibrant life surrounded by God's blessings and protection, We are literally keeping ourselves away from all of God's glory because of our refusals to live the life that God wants us to live. Rather it be because of intimidation, or peer pressure, or insecurities, it is still a refusal to obey God's will. God is giving us His messages to follow and it is our responsibility to follow them, and when we do, God will bless us beyond anything we could ever imagine. .

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.

So let's go into the world and apply the lessons that Christ is giving us!!