Move Forward

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

February 19, 2026

Move Forward

So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again.

Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding.

And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

Hebrews 6:1a, 3 

I was serving as the spiritual director on a men’s retreat. One of the attendees was an engineer, and we sat together during a coffee break. I asked him why he chose to attend this retreat. He said that he and his wife made it a practice at the end of each year to evaluate the preceding year and identify areas where they believed they needed to improve. This year his goal was to grow spiritually, and his pastor recommended the retreat.

When my wife was teaching a Sunday School class, at the first of each year she challenged her class to review the fruit of the Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 and ask the Lord to direct them to a particular fruit for growth in the new year.

Do you see the natural rhythm for our life in Christ? We are called by God to be ever moving forward as co-laborers with Christ for the building of God’s Kingdom. We are called to be maturing in our faith and practice as disciples of our Lord, Christ Jesus.

Each Sunday morning, I list on a slip of paper the specific blessings God has poured into our lives in the preceding week, and I place the paper in a jar. On New Year’s Eve, we review each slip of paper again and give thanks to the Lord for His many blessings. Implicit in this practice is an awareness of repetitions. This awareness helps us be more intentional in the next year for meeting God in seemingly unexpected places.

My Takeaway: I recall seeing a character in a TV show announce his only goal in life was to show up and see what happens. That is not my goal. I want to be intentional in my spiritual growth. I want to move forward and further my understanding of God’s grace and His purpose in my life.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Alex M. Knight

 

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