Making Choices to Support Growth

What does it actually look like to get serious about spiritual growth? In this message drawn from 2 Kings 23, we walk through one of the most radical reform movements in all of Scripture, as King Josiah tears down every idol, every altar, and every shrine that had crept into the life of God's people. The central lesson is both simple and challenging: making a covenant with God is only the beginning. What follows that commitment matters just as much. Josiah did not simply declare loyalty to God and then leave the temptations in place. He removed them entirely, and that thoroughness is the model we are called to follow. The parallel to our own lives is striking. We often want God's blessing while holding on to the habits, relationships, and thought patterns that quietly pull us away from Him. This message asks us to honestly examine what we are still clinging to, whether that is fear, doubt, unbelief, or something more visible, and to consider whether those things are limiting what God wants to do in and through us. Growth, whether in a family, a church, or a soul, always requires decisions that make room for what is coming.