08/17/2026
Good morning ladies! Happy Monday!
I was sitting in the secret place with God this morning, and as I was in His word, I found myself in Colossians 2. verses 6–7 really caught my attention…
“And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6–7 NLT
There is such a clear invitation here to grow up in Christ. I think sometimes we unconsciously treat salvation like the finish line. We say, “I do” to Jesus, and we celebrate that moment and rightly so. But that “yes” was never meant to be the end of the story. It was the beginning of a lifelong love journey with Abba. The call is not just to say, “I do” once. It’s to keep saying “I do” every day.
I’ll follow You.
I’ll trust You.
I’ll obey You.
I’ll forgive.
I’ll surrender.
I’ll open Your word.
I’ll pray when I feel like it and when I don’t.
I’ll let You correct me.
I’ll let You change me.
I’ll keep running my race.
And as we keep saying yes, we grow. We grow in wisdom. We grow in discernment. We grow in obedience. We grow in character. We grow in Christlikeness. And honestly? Growing up is hard.
Growth stretches you. Maturity confronts you. Sometimes God puts His finger on things we would much rather leave alone. But here’s the thing, the work is hard, but the fruit is beautiful.
We can look at people who walk in incredible wisdom, authority, spiritual strength, and fruitfulness and think, “I want that.” But we have to remember that fruit didn’t appear overnight. There were hidden seasons. There was pruning. There was obedience when nobody was watching. There were uncomfortable conversations with God. There were places where they had to surrender what they wanted for what He wanted.
We cannot want the authority of mature believers while refusing the process that makes us mature.
Paul says, “Let your roots grow down into Him.” Why? Because life gets hard. Storms come. Disappointment comes. People hurt us. Plans change. Prayers seem unanswered. We walk through seasons that feel overwhelming and all consuming.
And when the storm comes, shallow roots are exposed. Deep roots give you stability. That’s why the secret place matters. That’s why His word matters. That’s why obedience matters. That’s why we cannot afford to casually approach our relationship with God.
The work He is doing in the hidden places is producing the fruit you will need in the places everyone else can see. And ladies, I want to lovingly challenge us here…
We have to stop making peace with the places God is calling us to grow.
The enemy loves to convince us, “That’s just how I am.”
“This is just my attitude.”
“My family struggles with this, so I probably will too.”
“I’ve always been this way.”
“That’s just how I handle money.”
“I’m just an anxious person.”
“I’m never going to change.”
But Jesus meets you exactly where you are but He loves you too much to leave you there. Grace welcomes you where you are, but grace is also what empowers transformation. Thank you Jesus!
The goal isn’t simply for us to become better versions of ourselves. The goal is Christlikeness.
A little more like Jesus in how we speak.
A little more like Jesus in how we respond.
A little more like Jesus in how we love.
A little more like Jesus in how we handle conflict.
A little more like Jesus in how we steward money.
A little more like Jesus in how we parent, lead, forgive, serve, and surrender.
And yes, sometimes that growth will confront us. But hear me, the Holy Spirit does not humiliate you. He convicts you because He loves you.
He may humble you, but humiliation is not His agenda. Transformation is.
And sometimes humility brings us to that beautiful place of surrender where we finally say “God, I don’t want to keep showing up the way I always have. There has to be more.
There is more available to me in You.
There is more You want to do in me and through me. And I want to be available.”
That is maturity.
Not perfection.
Not having it all together.
Not never struggling again.
Maturity is becoming increasingly willing to let Jesus have His way in you. So today, let’s ask Him…
“Jesus where are You inviting me to grow?”
And when He shows you, don’t run from it. Don’t excuse it. Don’t blame your past. Don’t compare yourself to someone else.
Just say, “Yes, Lord.”
Because the same God who started this work in you is committed to finishing it. Let your roots grow down deep into Him.
And let’s grow up ladies. Not because we’re trying to prove something.
But because there is so much more of Christ to know, so much more freedom to walk in, so much more fruit to bear, and so much more He wants to do through a woman who is fully surrendered to Him.
And when our lives are built on Him, Paul says something beautiful happens: We overflow with thankfulness.
Let’s keep saying yes.
Your Sister Destiny,
