What is the basis for healthy Christian growth? Well, you know, don’t you? It’s the Word of God, “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
What is this business of abiding in Christ? It means that you take by faith all He has for you and receive in turn by faith all of His blessed presence, power, and enablement.
God doesn’t always answer the “why” questions of our lives, but He does show He is there. Don’t ask Him why things are happening. Instead, ask Him to get you through and show you the opportunity and growth for your life in it. He always will.
Sometimes God begins with the small things, like a mustard seed. Then He helps it grow. Very often that meets us at our comfort level too, so we are willng to do more. Often the greatest things have come from the smallest, so have faith and trust God.