It's Time To Grow Up!

Aniston's first cereal.

She's not too sure about it.

But for this sweet baby (my youngest grandchild) mushy cereal is age appropriate. She can't eat steak.

However, as Aniston grows up she will eat adult food. It's the natural way of things. Babies eat baby food; grown-ups eat grown-up food.

The writer to the Hebrews scolded adult Christians who were satisfied with baby food: "In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! " Hebrews 5:12

Infants are wonderful examples of God's creative love. But people who choose to remain infants all their lives are out of sync with God's plan for maturity. Spiritual infancy is as important and necessary as physical infancy. But adults who choose spiritual infancy as their lifestyle prove themselves to be immature, shallow, weak, unable to eat or digest solid spiritual food, and a logjam in the Body of Christ.

None of us are perfect--yet. By grace we believe in Christ and become infants in his family. However, after the baby season is over, it's time to grow up.

What does a grown-up Christian look like? He or she not only believes in Jesus but also shares his beliefs. Maturing believers pass through stages of spiritual growth from faith in Christ to having the faith of Christ.

Failure to grow up in Christ produces weak, anemic, hypocritical, phony, legalistic, church-going Christians who aren't worth their weight in authentic spirituality. They are pretenders; people with "lips close to God and hearts far away from him" Isaiah 29:13.

Only when we wean ourselves from spiritual baby food and eat solid spiritual food will our spirit-person become strong and mature. It's time to grow up!