Have you noticed that a number of
believers think it is okay for us to remain children forever? Have you noticed
that we always think that we can behave in any we want to and expect God to
accept it? We do deliberately, things we know to be unacceptable to God and
then say “God understands. He knows we are children so He overlooks our consistent
disobedience and disregard for Him and His word.”
Job 5: 12 “He frustrates the
plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed. He traps the
wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.”
We say these things so much that
we are convinced they are true. We believe there are no consequences for our
misdeeds and abuse and/or misuse the scripture that says He knows our frame and
is aware that we are mere dust. That is correct but we cannot outdo God with
cunning craftiness which deceives us into thinking we can twist God’s word to
our advantage. For our thought will not change God’s intention in the
scripture. For His thoughts/intentions are established forever.
Isaiah 14: 24 “The Lord of
host has sworn, saying surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and
as I have purposed, so it shall stand.”
Whilst it may be nice and
convenient to continue as children; and the Lord may indeed overlook all our
misdeeds and treat us continuously as children, there are consequences. Deep
things are not revealed to children. Consequently, they have little knowledge of
God and the things of God. They also unable receive the fullness of that which
is theirs until they are mature enough to handle them. They are unable to enter
into the fullness of the inheritance that is theirs for they may consume it all
upon their own lust.
Galatians 4: 1 “Think of it
this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children,
those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even
though they actually own everything their father.”
In truth, there is nothing funny
about remaining a child. Is not terrible for one that is meant to be mature to
continue to reason like a child? It is your decision really. It may be fun
acting like a child because you don’t take on responsibilities but the loss you
suffer is also great. Determine to think like the mature believer you ought to
be.
1 Corinthians 13: 11 “When I
was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I
put away childish things.”
Sometimes, it may appear to “the child”
that the mature Christian is not doing as well as they are despite the fact of
their remaining children. Please let me ask – what is your yardstick for
measuring how well they are doing? Most times, we are thinking in terms of how
much money they have but please good measuring yardstick would reflect the
totality of the quality of life of each person. If you refuse to grow up, you
have a problem with great consequences. Please remember that you have a
responsibility to yourself to be true to yourself. To your own self, please be true.
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