{"id":19087,"date":"2026-05-26T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=19087"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:55:27","slug":"being-raised-to-become-in-growth-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/being-raised-to-become-in-growth-6\/","title":{"rendered":"BEING RAISED TO BECOME IN GROWTH\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEING\u00a0RAISED TO BECOME\u00a0IN GROWTH: THAT’S THE PATH OF MATURED, SPIRITED HEARTED LIFE!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“If You Are Not RAISED, You Will Soon Be ERASED Out\u00a0Of\u00a0The RACE”<\/em> –\u00a0Rev Dr Favour Adeshina<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But GROW [spiritually MATURE] in the GRACE and KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory (honor, majesty,\u00a0splendor), both now and to the day of eternity. Amen”<\/i>\u00a02 Peter 3:18 Amplified.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You are either\u00a0RAISED to BECOME\u00a0in GROWTH or you\u00a0just GREW and GROWN to BECOME without being RAISED to MATURITY – and\u00a0it’s\u00a0this\u00a0difference\u00a0that makes the\u00a0impact\u00a0in life. A MATURED spirited HEARTED person is the\u00a0result\u00a0of being RAISED in GROWTH.\u00a0It’s\u00a0a cause for HUMILITY that brings\u00a0about EXALTATION.\u00a0\u00a0Otherwise, pride, arrogance,\u00a0immaturity,\u00a0and\u00a0limitations\u00a0traces\u00a0show\u00a0up because there\u00a0was\u00a0no\u00a0cultivation – of being RAISED\u00a0to MATURITY in GROWTH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Hence,\u00a0you can see a grown adult by age and size, still lacking the ADULTHOOD principles\u00a0of ACCOUNTABILITY and RESPONSIBILITY in places of expectations, because POSITIONS test will reveal and bring forth the TRUE NATURE in CHARACTER and MATURITY.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see these effect manifesting in places of opportunities\u00a0like: Governance, Marital Relationships, Career Opportunities,\u00a0Workplace\u00a0Positions\u00a0and\u00a0Inter-Job Relationships, Leadership Positions, Ministerial etiquette and Conduct tests, Family Relationships\u00a0and\u00a0more.\u00a0Maturity is not just about growing, but about being\u00a0raised to become\u00a0more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus Christ,\u00a0our Saviour and Lord,\u00a0was BORN\u00a0as a CHILD, but as a SON,\u00a0He was MADE to BECOME what He’s to us. He did not just GROW, He\u00a0submitted\u00a0Himself to be RAISED through learning and obedience to the necessary guidance for His EXALTATION.\u00a0Luke 2:44-52.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being RAISED,\u00a0He was MADE to BECOME to fulfil PURPOSE. Being MADE as a son,\u00a0He was GIVEN for our REDEMPTION, fulfilling the cause and purpose for which He came into the world.\u00a0That’s\u00a0what stands Him out from all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trace His path on earth with God, His natural\u00a0parents\u00a0and dealings with others in Ministry. For thirty years,\u00a0He\u00a0submitted\u00a0Himself to be RAISED\u00a0to GROW and MATURE for the CALLED PURPOSE.\u00a0Being MADE and ready, He was GIVEN for the undeniable gracious and graceful three and\u00a0a\u00a0half years Ministry, fulfilling His given cause and eternal purpose on the earth. Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 1:41-52.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s\u00a0no great person\u00a0that have\u00a0outlasted\u00a0the history of his\u00a0time\u00a0who\u00a0just GREW without being\u00a0RAISED\u00a0to BECOME\u00a0in GROWTH. The great and envied sustainable people with courtesy in character were raised by many factors of life that came their way,\u00a0making\u00a0them become the envy of others, epitome of trust, confidence,\u00a0and history.\u00a0Hence,\u00a0you see in them humility, diligence, faithfulness, service, sacrifice, responsibility, accountability and dedication to their causes and purposes. Unlike some who lack the matured hearted growth of being raised and are full of arrogance, pride, selfishness, wickedness, immaturity,\u00a0controversy\u00a0and such like immature childish behaviour\u00a0–\u00a0no matter their attainments in life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you RAISED in GROWTH to BECOME? Are you being\u00a0RAISED to BECOME\u00a0in GROWTH?\u00a0Or did you just\u00a0GROW\u00a0to BECOME without being RAISED in GROWTH?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You need to take a purse and think through which and where you belong momentarily. You need to watch your track and path of life – that will tell you WHAT YOU ARE,\u00a0WHERE YOU ARE,\u00a0and WHAT YOU MAY LIKELY BE or HAD BECOME.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0It’s\u00a0WORTH being\u00a0RAISED to BECOME\u00a0in life and godliness.\u00a0It’s\u00a0wise to SUBMIT for GUIDANCE, TUTORING, MENTORING,\u00a0and\u00a0more,\u00a0to\u00a0be RAISED as you GROW in life and grace, in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It will pay up greater dividend if you are HUMBLE enough in it. Being raised saves\u00a0you from PRIDE that GOES before a FALL and STUPIDITY –\u00a01 Peter 5:5-6; James 4:7-10.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IS WORTH BEING RAISED IN GROWTH TO BECOME IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD. AMEN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BE BLESSED.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But the PATH of the JUST (RIGHTEOUS) is as the shining light, that SHINES MORE AND MORE unto the PERFECT (DAWN) day.”<\/i>\u00a0Proverbs 4:18 (Emphasis Mine).<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Likewise\u00a0you\u00a0YOUNGER people, submit yourselves to your ELDERS. Yes, all of you be SUBMISSIVE to one another, and be clothed with HUMILITY, for \u201cGod RESISTS THE PROUD, But GIVES GRACE to the HUMBLE. 6 HUMBLE yourselves therefore UNDER the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you\u00a0in due time”<\/i>\u00a01 Peter 5:5-6.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“SUBMIT yourselves therefore to God. RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 DRAW NIGH to God, and he will DRAW NIGH to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 HUMBLE yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall LIFT you up”<\/i>\u00a0James 4:7-10.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Let this MIND be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 but MADE himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a SERVANT, and was MADE in the likeness of men: 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he HUMBLED himself, and became OBEDIENT unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath HIGHLY EXALTED him, and GIVEN him a name which is ABOVE every name: 10 that at the NAME of Jesus every KNEE should BOW, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 and that every TONGUE should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 2:5-11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . 21 For even HEREUNTO were ye CALLED: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an EXAMPLE, that ye should FOLLOW his steps: 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but COMMITTED himself to him that JUDGETH righteously . . .”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>1Peter 2:1-25.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are DULL of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye OUGHT to be teachers, ye have need that one TEACH you again which be the FIRST PRINCIPLES of the oracles of God; and are BECOME such as have NEED of milk, and not of STRONG meat. 13 For\u00a0every one\u00a0that\u00a0useth\u00a0milk is UNSKILFUL in the WORD of righteousness: for he is a BABE. 14 But STRONG MEAT\u00a0belongeth\u00a0to them that are of FULL age (MATURE, GROWN), even those who by reason of use have their SENSES exercised to DISCERN both good and evil”<\/i>\u00a0Hebrews 5:11-14 (Emphasis Mine).<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“By HUMILITY and the FEAR (REVERENTIAL FEAR) of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life”<\/i>\u00a0Proverbs 22:4 Emphasis Mine.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The FEAR of the Lord is the INSTRUCTION of wisdom; and before HONOUR is HUMILITY”<\/i>\u00a0Proverbs 15:33.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Before DESTRUCTION the HEART of man is HAUGHTY, and before HONOUR is HUMILITY”<\/i>\u00a0Proverbs 18:12.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the\u00a0passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day\u2019s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it\u00a0came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, SITTING IN THE MIDST OF THE DOCTORS, BOTH HEARING THEM, AND ASKING THEM QUESTIONS. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his UNDERSTANDING and ANSWERS. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them,\u00a0How\u00a0is it that ye sought me? WIST YE NOT THAT I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER\u2019S BUSINESS? 50 And they understood not the saying which he\u00a0spake\u00a0unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus INCREASED in WISDOM and STATURE, and in FAVOUR with God and man”<\/i>\u00a0Luke 2:41-52.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The message emphasises the importance of being\u00a0raised to become\u00a0in growth, highlighting the difference it makes in life.\u00a0It’s\u00a0about being raised to maturity, not just growing, but being transformed to\u00a0fulfil\u00a0purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Points<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n