Tues. July 28
"LET US...GO ON TO MATURITY." (HEBREWS 6:1 NIV)
You're growing up spiritually when...
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When Jamie's 13-year-old brother died in a skating accident, his mother locked herself in her bedroom for days on end. That's when 6-year-old Jamie decided he'd have to replace his brother, and the threads of an intricate fantasy were woven. He became obsessed with imitating his brother's personal characteristics; he wore the same clothes and learned to whistle like him. He became his mother's constant companion, deciding that to stay a child meant freedom from sorrow and responsibility. Jamie continued to resist adulthood, and it was as if his physical body joined the resistance. At age seventeen he was barely five feet tall, and in later years children were among his closest friends. And no wonder - since age six he'd idealized childhood, rejecting maturity. In fact, the boy who sought eternal youth as a defense against tragedy never did grow up entirely. Instead he became famous for creating Never-Never Land, that ageless island of dreams where little boys never grow up. That's because Jamie eventually became Sir James Barrie - author of the children's book Peter Pan.
..........What's the lesson here? You're growing up spiritually when: (1) You have the ability and discipline to feed yourself spiritually. (2) You know you were not born to be served, and that only in serving others do you serve the Lord. (3) You understand that your feelings are fickle, so you walk by faith and stand on God's Word. (4) You realize you'll be tested, so you commit yourself to living by scriptural principles and not human impulses. (5) You know that true satisfaction comes only from discovering and doing God's will.
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