Can you discern between good and evil? Are you able to see when confronted by others their motives behind them? Can you handle criticism,without retribution,and can you display your love for the Lord in these occasions?
" For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are full of age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." (Heb.5:13-14 )
We mature in the word through practice and the training of our senses learning how to tell good from evil. We practice walking in the Spirit and the renewing of our mind by developing habits of Godliness. That is to say reading and studying the word every day,then walking in the manner we have learned. When we chase after God He will always allow us to catch Him. But when we expect God to continually chase us we are still babes. Being strong in the Lord and growing to mature Christians is about recognizing our faults through the word and striving to correct it. There are many pressures in life that we have allowed to become habits,some bad a few good,but we must be watchful that we can discern the bad from the good. Some times we try to make God into our image and to have our will done. An example of this is is our speech, use of tobacco, even the foods we eat. We don't consider what we put into the temple and many times what comes from our mouths,cursing or blessings; We choose! Now I am a believer and as I walk in the word I find that my thinking and my habits are changing. This has evolved over a period of time as I continue in the word, praying and seeking for revelations in my spirit and mind. My flesh fights for it's own desires but my will is to obey the word. Baby steps grow to mature steps as we continue in our walk with the Lord, soon we will not need baby food but our desire will be for the meat of the word. So don't starve your spirit, develop the habit of seeking the word for all that life throws at you. So find out what real maturity is all about and read the word every day and you will soon be feeding on the meat. And those questions that I have asked will have definite answers!
He who can hear....tom
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