Define spiritual plateau.?

Question

Some people use it as a lull in your spiritual when you're not growing in Christ. Is this what it is?

Answer 1

They have lost their spiritual energy and direction. Instead of climbing higher, they stay on a spiritual plateau with a downward twist. The problem isn't new, of course. The Lord warned the first century Ephesians that 'they had lost their first love' (Rev 2:4). Paul in Hebrews chided believers who still needed to learn "the elementary truths of God's Word" when they should have been ready to teach others instead (Heb 5:12).

Answer 2

Some people call it a valley experience, like Psalm 23. There are "mountain top" experiences, like when the disciples were with Jesus on the mountain top and Elijah and Moses appeared. The disciples were really elated but then they had to come down to where the "rubber hits the road" and all the people were needing them and it was hard. Jesus said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" so there is no real such thing as a plateau because as long as you are drawing close to the Lord in reading the Word and praying, fellowshipping with other believers, then you are growing and advancing. It is when your heart grows cold to the Lord and/or spiritual things that you plateau and if you continue in that course then you will not grow as you should in the Lord. The goal is to become mature in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the knowledge of Him.

Answer 3

When you're on any spiritual path, you may hit plateaus where you feel the path isn't giving you any more growth or it doesn't give you the same excitement and thoughts of potential opportunities. This itself can be used to get over the honeymoon stage of the path and look at what our egos are holding onto which can be even better -- I think this is what it means :)

Answer 4

It's a time of outward growth and consolidation as you accustom yourself to the spiritual lessons you have already learned and make them a part of your pattern of behavior. By outward growth I mean things like increasing your circle of friends or other contacts as opposed to gaining new revelations into the character of God and his will for your life and areas of your life that need to change in some manner in order to accommodate what God has next on his agenda for you.

At least that's how I would define it for someone who is committed to growing in Christ. Other people may use it to describe stagnation or even backsliding.

Answer 5

Yes, that's how I would define it. We should try to get something new from our faith and teachings as we grow older, a deeper understanding and application of our faith. If we still think and feel the same as we did years ago, then we are not improving ourselves. Improvement is what religion and faith are all about.

I Corinthians: When I was a child I spoke as a child..... but when I became a man, I gave up my childish ways....

Answer 6

its like this...say you just read the bible, or the koran, or whatever sacred text your religion has, and you got that swelling, happy feeling and started thinking sappy things like "oh my god! this makes so much sence! this really resonates with me!" if your spiritual life is fullfilled, many think this feeling should last, the plateau is what happens when youve settled in your ways, and that feeling isnt their anymore, because your not rising above the mundane, the platuea is when your faith has gotten so thick it just stops registering as something with novelty value, it happens.