Lay down beside the cow...
You
know, if someone is sick, they are sick. If they are fakers, shame on them.
Right? But, when someone is sick, we don't condemn them; we treat them. We
don't fault them, we help them.
Why
don't we act the same with the immature? We do well with the physically
immature. You rarely find someone berating a newborn for not making the Olympic
track team. You rarely find someone chastising a toddler for not winning the
presidency.
We
know they are immature. We don't expect them to be mature immediately.
We
ought to have passionate compassion on the spiritually immature as well. Sure,
there are fakers; there's always fakers! Sure, there are people who, in the time
they've had, should've taken their growth into their own hands with more
personal responsibility. Sure thing!
Still,
when we find an immature saint, let's help them grow. I know, I know...some
don't want to grow. Some are lazy. Some think ignorance / apathy are an excuse.
Shame on them! Repent!
What
about the truly immature? Let's help them! Let's get them near the cow. Let's
get them some milk. Let's stick close by and help them grow.
I
think that's what the writer of Hebrews would say: "About this we have
much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you
again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid
food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness,
since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their
powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from
evil." (Hebrews 5:11-14 ESV)
Are you walking with an immature Christian? If
simple things are where they are, enjoy sharing simple things! Give them milk, but
for the purpose of moving them to meat.
Are
you immature? Wow, if you've taken time to read this far, it's clear you are
yearning for growth. Get at it! Lay down beside the cow, and drink. Grow! Then,
be weaned, and eat meat.
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