It Comes in Waves…

Growth comes in waves…

And it seems to have a cycle that goes something like this:

Growth—Discomfort—Working thru the Pain—More Growth.

In its earliest days, the church experienced waves of growth and cycles of growth:

Growth—
“As the believers rapidly multiplied” (Acts 6.1)

Discomfort—
“There were rumblings of discontent” (Acts 6.1)

Working thru the Pain—
“The twelve called a meeting and said…” (Acts 6.2)

More Growth—
“So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased” (Acts 6.7)

We’re always somewhere in the cycle of growth.

I think how we deal with the pain/discomfort of growth will determine our future growth.