There are many ages of the Christian life. When you are Born Again, "Saved", you are called "a babe in Christ". Just as our natural lives have many ages, so does the Christian life. As a babe, we have to be dependent on our parents, but as we grow we can do a little bit more for ourselves, then we become toddlers, we start walking, but we still fall, then we grow a little older, more independent, and then the tween years, not a child but not old enough to be a teenager, young adults, middle-aged, then old. As we mature in age we gain Wisdom, the Christian life is just like in the natural. We still need nurturing and guidance throughout our whole life. Even as the younger generation does, the old need encouragement too. We are never going to be the age that we have learned everything. We are learning every day, we are being conformed every day, we are growing every day. We do go through times where we believe that we know it all. This is the age we need more guidance than ever before. We go through the teenage and middle-aged years where we know it all. We think that a parent's advice is not needed. We ignore sound advice because we think they are out of date and don't know what is going on in the world today. We are still their parents and are still Praying for them in the background, we are there for them when they reach out for us. This is the same in the Christian life. We are not only parents to the newborn Christian, we are always their parent. We watch them be Saved, celebrate with them, shake their hands, then what? Are we there for them daily? Do we nurture them like a parent of a newborn, or do we just see them on Wednesdays and Sundays? Do we give them a list of phone numbers to reach you at any time? Do we assure them that they can call anytime they need to? Do we set aside time daily to see if they need us? Do we always remember them in our Prayers? The last person you saw Saved, how are they doing today, are they growing Spiritually?
Do they just come and listen or are they maturing?
Do you know if they are the same age Spiritually as they were last year, or have they hit a growth spurt? Do you know? We should, especially if The Lord used us in some small way in their Salvation. We have become family, we are responsible for them, for their growth. Granted we are all very busy with our own lives, but is our busyness, for the Cause Of Christ or self? Is our busyness furthering The Kingdom Of God, or ours? Have we gotten so busy that we don't even know there should be a difference, do we care? Just because someone gets "Saved" does not mean we are through with them, we are just getting started, our parental work has begun. I know that some may go through the prodigal son stage, but we need to Pray for them even more. Yes, it is very true there will be those that walk away from The Lord, and we are to learn when to stop and let them go. The Bible says for us not to cast our Pearls before swine they will trample them in the ground. This is a very sad case to experience, but it does happen. The Lord said If they were of Him, they would no doubt have stayed with Him. Some follow the Lord in pretense, and not sincerely. They are called wolves in Sheep's clothing. We are to know the difference between True Sheep and the false ones, not only for ourselves but for the sake of others. We are to nurture others in all matters, to help them grow into nurturing adults. We ask "how did our world get so bad, so quick"? Two words, The Church. The Church has not only filed our Christian family, but we also have failed our communities and our cities everywhere, we are chasing the dollar instead of being who we are Called to be, Holy, Sanctified, Set Apart, Not walking according to the course of this world. Let us all examine ourselves. Let us stir up our most Holy Faith! With much love in Christ Jesus! Please Pray for me and I will be Praying for you!
Donna K Purifoy
12/7/2021
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