Graduation season is upon us once again.  We have a whole new group of students that are moving from one stage of life into an exciting new adventure.  Recently I went to the University of Minnesota to have a Root canal and crown down on tooth #3.  (Knowledge gained by being a dental training institution).  The young man who was doing the work on my tooth had been in school for eight years.  Needless to say, he was more than ready to move on into the next stage of his life.  

Really life is a collection of stages that we go through. Life in the Kingdom of God is no different.  Corinthians tells us that we are to graduate from glory to glory.  Peter tells us that we are to attain certain characteristics in increasing measure.  We call it Spiritual Growth.  That Growth will give us all we need for life and Godliness. For many Christians, however, they are content to live for years at the same place in their Christian walk.  They never experience deliverance from bondages, operate in the signs, experience wonders and miracles that God intends for their life, and never increase in the understanding of God's love for them and for others.  They never graduate to the next level of a knowledge, relationship, and position with God.  It is important to understand that every new stage we enter releases us into new intimacy with the Creator of the universe and a revelation that was but a mystery.  Although before you can handle these new mysteries you must show that you understand and comprehend the revelation that you have already been given.  Therefore, just as in school we are given final exams and tests, it is the same spiritually. We need to demonstrate that we have spiritually grown to a place where it is time for a Spiritual graduation.  

So it begs to ask this question: "When was the last time that you went through a graduation in your spiritual life?"  Ask yourself when was the last time that you felt excited about your connection with God?  These are times when although you had some anxiety you chose to move forward in your pursuit of God. In doing so, God revealed new understanding of the mysteries of the Word of God. These experiences are graduations from what has become stale and a movement into a new stage that will be exciting and fresh.  If you are a Christian that has lost your excitement, take this advice.  It is time to graduate!  When you continue to progress and graduate from level to level you will never experience boredom on your Spiritual journey.