What Is Growth? Aligning With God’s Definition — Not the World’s
About this episode
This episode explores the contrast between worldly and biblical definitions of growth, emphasizing spiritual maturity over metrics.
What if the season that looks like stagnation is actually a season of growth, yet in the Kingdom way? What if the Lord is growing your roots deeper right now? That's the question at the heart of this episode — and it will challenge everything the business world has told you about what growth is supposed to look like. Drawing from Psalm 1, Colossians 1 and 2, and James 1, this episode unpacks the difference between the world's definition of growth — revenue, reach, client roster, market share — and God's definition, which is far more concerned with maturity, depth, and fruit in its season than with worldly metrics and momentum. In this episode, you'll explore: The one question asked at the beginning of every strategy day — and why it matters more than any growth plan How the world's definition of growth (increase in revenue, reach and market share) differs from the biblical definition (maturity and development) Why your growth may actually look like your decrease, so He can increase Paul's prayer for spiritual growth in Colossians 1:9-14 — and why it's the growth that matters most Why refining and maintaining are just as holy as scaling — and what the enemy wants you to believe…
People in this episode
Host: Erin Harrigan
Topics covered
- spiritual growth
- Christian entrepreneurship
- biblical definitions of success
- maturity in faith
- Kingdom perspective on growth
Keywords
- growth
- Christian woman
- business
- spirituality
- maturity
- Kingdom way
- success
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Psalm 1, Colossians 1, Colossians 2, James 1
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