NOT WHAT I WANT TO HEAR
Today's reading: 1 Corinthians 3-4

"...And you still aren't ready, for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires." 1 Corinthians 3:2-3 NLT

Paul is talking to his new brothers and sisters in Christ living in Corinth. He'd been with them. They'd accepted the Good News. He left them with instructions for growth and the direction to take for their faith walks. Now he was back. And they were still where they were when he left them.

Babies in faith.

Unable to grasp deeper spiritual truths because they were still stumbling over the baby steps of the Christian life.

Still too close to their old ways of life.

That is not something I ever want to hear said to me. That I'm not ready for the deeper things of God. That I'm still too spiritually immature for all of His blessings, His trials, His leading.

And yet, at times, I know it's the truth. I do hold too tightly to the old ways, the ways I gave to God--and quickly picked back up. My sinful attitudes, my sin-filled thoughts, my own ways and plans.

My prayer this morning is that I will mature in Christ. That I will grow in faith. That I will move past the baby-steps of grace and take the bigger steps of trust, obedience and grasping mercy. I want to represent Him well in my grown-up life.

What about you?