Becoming What We Are

So much of the spiritual journey is about becoming. Yes, we get to be gentle with ourselves and chucking shame out the window every time it shows up, but there’s no question that we still need to grow. Jesus’s vision for that growth is all about becoming who God already says we are.

Interestingly, there are three verb forms for ‘save’ in the New Testament: You have been saved, you are being saved, and you will be saved. That captures well this process of becoming, doesn’t it?

Take some time with this simple poem today and ask the Spirit to guide you into what you need from God today.

Becoming
Drew Jackson

An oak tree
is no less an oak tree
when it is a sapling

This is
the happening
of growth:

Becoming
what we
already are