Still in Pull-Ups?
1 Corinthians 13:11 (New Living Translation)
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
This week my 2 year old daughter has been going to a new daycare, while her normal provider is on vacation. For the past 6 months we’ve been playing the “I’m a big girl, I’m a baby” game when it comes to potty training. Monday when I picked her up I was so surprised to hear that she went to the potty all day by herself, and without even being prompted .
Well, later on that evening Jaida went potty all over herself. I thought what happened. How could you be on the ball in front of strangers and come home and just digress? Why do I have to ask you all day and night if you need to go, but when I’m not around you can go all by yourself? The answers were so simple. When she is at home with me she wants to be the baby, but to the world she wants them to see her as a big girl. Even as a toddler she has learned to play the game.
In our adult lives we do the same thing. When we are alone and needing God to deal with our problems we turn into little babies. We don’t know how to do anything at times. We become afraid and childlike. We act like we can take down a small demon on our own, but when the world shows up- -- - we act like we got it all together. We become grown up when our pride is on the line.
Today as we begin to look at what stage of growth we’re at in life, strive to move to the next step. It’s time to take the pull-ups off and handle our own poop. If he still has to ask you to pray, tithe, or just be faithful….then chances are, you’re not as grown up as you think you are.
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