Growing Up

The old farmer walked home as the sun slowly set behind him. He was happy the seeds had been sown and with rain about there was nothing more to do but wait.  God too wants us to grow from babies into fully mature sons of God but he knows that we can’t make ourselves grow up.  If a parent said to his child to increase in height it would be impossible. Jesus said “consider the lilies of the field. They don’t toil or spin yet they are beautiful” He also said. “Which of you can by worry can add an inch to your height?’ In other words, you cannot make yourself grow up.  God only can make you grow because a seed, flower or lily of the felid does nothing except receive to grow.  It just stays connected to the ground or to the vine. Similarly, the little baby does not try to grow; it just grows the DNA says grow. And as long as it receives, it will grow.

Friend, Receive the Word and the grace of God and the water of the Spirit and you will grow.