Grow up! - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our Elohim kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

The Whittens write:

Ever use that phrase on your kids? "Come on, will you grow up already?!"

As our little one and a half year old explorer, Obadiah, is becoming more agile and able to communicate his desires, he's discovering more opportunities each day -- climbing on the furniture, opening the refridgerator and asking for various items, reaching things he was never able to reach before, whew! He's experiencing his new freedom and we're experiencing major exhaustion! But we've noticed that with his new found freedom comes the desire to have even more freedom -- and when something doesn't go quite the way he wants when he wants it, uh - oh, look out. Screaming, crying the whole nine yards. We are trying to teach him that this kind of behavior is not acceptable but it seems that he won't fully understand that concept until he "grows up" a bit.

One sign of maturity is the ability to delay gratification, or deny it completely. Wanting our way when we want it is childish behavior and doesn't work with Yahweh's plan for an anointed life! This may sound harsh, but I'm speaking to myself too!

There are no shortcuts to Yahweh. We cannot demand our way and our timing with Him. He has a perfect plan based upon His desires and His timing and if we want to go Yahweh's way, we must comply! And not only that, the things of Yahweh take time too -- developing a strong and anointed prayer life takes time a focused mind and spent with the Father, it doesn't come overnight. Reading and understanding the Word and applying it to our lives, it takes time and much practice!

Let's grow up today. Yahweh wants us to be a mature bride -- one ready to rule with Him when He comes!

Reply by Lev/Christopher on April 29, 2009 at 12:10pm

Time is of secondary importance in the equation as the parable of the labourers reminds us. Indeed the message of that parable is that those who seek no conditions of the Saviour, but simply trust Him completely, enter the day late, labour less, and are paid the same. All is a function of trust. All depends ultimately on faith, just as Paul said - the degree of faith we have in the Master.

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