For although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the very first principles of God's Word all over again! You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who has to drink milk is still a baby, without experience in applying the Word about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by continuous exercise to distinguish good from evil.
Children point fingers and call each other names.
Mature believers simply walk away and examine truth.
Children run to their parents and "tell on" their brother or sister when they feel wronged by them.
Mature believers ask Abba what they could have done better and how they can let go and forgive.
Children sulk and cry. They feel sorry for themselves.
Mature believers die to themselves and look for someone to bless and share the love of Yeshua with.
Children are selfish and care only about how things affect them.
Mature believers remember the golden rule. They try to remember how things have made them feel and treat others accordingly. If it hurts them, they avoid doing it to others. If it brings them joy, they pass it on.
Children run away.
Mature believers know they must conquer their problems in the situation they are in because if they don't, and they run, they will eventually encounter the same problem and have to start over from scratch.
Lastly, children are innocent and can easily be abused, cut down, deeply hurt and scarred.
Mature believers realize this but are rooted and grounded in the love of Elohim and show great mercy and grace with wisdom given from knowing they have received the same kind of love from Him.
I have been a child for way too long.
Isn't it time we all grow up?
Shalom, Shalom ~
