Maturity

Max Lucado tells of the little boy who fell out of bed. When his Mom asked him what happened, he answered, "I don't know. I guess I stayed too close to where I got in."(Grace For The Moment, Max Lucado) That story certainly has a spiritual application. How close are you to the young Christian you were when you first received Christ? Are you reading God's Word? Has your prayer life grown? Have you matured as a Christian?


When we purchased our first motor home, the purchasing process took so long that we ended up having to drive the new rig home in the dark. All of the way home, I kept saying to Glen, "Hug the center; hug the center!"
As Christians, we need to grow to the point that we aren't living on the edge; we need to hug the center so that we aren't staying too close to where we got in.

"So let us go on to grown-up teaching. Let us not go back over the beginning lessons we learned about Christ" (Hebrews 6:1 The Message).

Marilyn W. Heavilin is an author/speaker and serves at America's KESWICK each summer as a counselor-in-residence.