I know that by reading this title you may not want to venture much further! It is not what you think so just keep reading. I will leave everyone’s waistline and recent non-fitting apparel alone! The principle of growing up about should ring true for every believer. As we grow in our walk with Jesus, we grow out of foolishness and other things that hinder our lives. If we aren’t growing out…it means we haven’t grown up! If we still deal with the same issues we have been facing for the past 20 years
…we need to grow up in our understanding and applying the Word of God. It’s actually a simple process that requires a consistent evolving and changing of our hearts to align with His Will. Oftentimes people believe Christian tenure earns them maturity and that is simply not true. Maturity is only gained by correctly applying the truth of God’s Word in your life. That is when knowledge escalades to wisdom, or the correct application of knowledge. It is sad to say that one of the main reasons we are not seeing the power of God in our lives and churches is simply because we aren’t growing in our walk with God! We become ever hearing but never understanding and we decieve ourselves into thinking that our works and church attendance justify our lack of growing and maturing spiritually. I am not simply talking about growing in knowledge and understanding but in th application of that understanding!
The song that comes to mind is” My Jesus” by Todd Agnew. The lyrics capture the veiw of the proud and religious in contrast to how Jesus lived. We are truly living in the days of tthe Pharasees and Saducees. Here are the lyrics to this powerful song ; Which Jesus do you follow? Which Jesus do you serve? If Ephesians says to imitate Christ, Then why do you look so much like the world? Cause my Jesus bled and died. He spent His time with thieves and liars. He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant. So which one do you want to be? Blessed are the poor in spirit. Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land? Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness. Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand? Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins. He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars. He loved the poor and accosted the rich. So which one do you want to be? Who is this that you follow? This picture of the American dream. If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side, or fall down and worship at His holy feet?
Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion, is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins. But the Word says He was battered and scarred Or did you miss that part? Sometimes I doubt we’d recognize Him. Cause my Jesus bled and died. He spent His time with thieves and the least of these. He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable. So which one do you want to be?
Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church. The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet. But He reaches for the hurting and despised the proud, I think He’d prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd. And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud….I want to be like my Jesus!
This song truly captures the need for us to grow up and out. We need to grow out of personal preference, grow out of religion, grow out of judgement and into love. I don’t want to be the priest or the Levite that passed the hurting and beaten down. Growing up causes us to grow out of our sin and addictions and bad habits! Growing up and growing out othe world and into more of a reflection of Jesus in me! The hope of glory!
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