Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. This morning was crystal clear and beautiful…exactly how I want my Heart to be. I have no control over the weather, but I DO have control over the Condition of my Heart, so I entered His Presence…I opened my Instruction Manual…I sat in Silence and I listened for His Voice… and I asked Him to Forgive me of my wrongs. It didn’t take long for my Heart to become crystal clear and beautiful just like the morning sky because it’s been cleansed of anything that has the potential to get in the way of my Relationship with my God. All it takes is a little Humility mixed with Love, and I find my way to that place where I can be of Good Service to the King of all kings! Isn’t that your Goal in the Journey of Faith too?

I think it’s interesting how some people react when I talk about Repentance as if they’re shocked that I have anything to repent of at all. Of course, I do…and so do you! Even the “tiniest” wrong needs to be dealt with before the Throne of a Righteous God. That’s where Spiritual Maturity comes in. A Humble heart SEARCHES for things that go against the Nature of God and a Heart filled with Love for Him will easily Repent because of it. But a Heart that hasn’t Matured yet will overlook all kinds of things that go against God without a care in the world. That kind of Heart justifies behavior and is no stranger to inflicting pain upon other people without blinking an eye. That kind of Heart feels no compassion for the suffering as if they’re not suffering themselves because they’re somehow a little more entitled than all the others. That kind of Heart is the source of lots of heartbreak in the Journey of Faith and that kind of Heart is oblivious. By the way, that’s the kind of Heart our Adversary LOVES to have access to because when he does, he can create all kinds of turmoil in the church, in the family, and everywhere in between. Spiritual Maturity is the only way to please God and the only Route to being used as a Vessel for Kingdom Work. It’s time to grow up.

It takes Work to reach Spiritual Maturity – the kind of Work most people aren’t willing to do. It takes LOTS of Quality Time in His Presence, but most people can’t find the time. It takes reaching that place of Humility it takes to repent, but most people are too proud to do that. It takes Compassion, the kind of compassion that is developed ONLY through heartbreak of our own in our Journey toward Refinement, but most people never find it. It takes becoming Selfless so that the needs of others become far more important than our own, but most people are too focused on themselves to get that part Right. Last, but not least, it takes Love…the greatest AND the toughest of all. It’s not possible to Love the way we’re Called to Love with Immature Hearts and THAT’S why Time in His Presence is the Key to Spiritual Maturity. The Bible says; “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me”…and, so it is throughout the Journey of Faith. It’s time to grow up.

I love Jesus Christ more than I love life…more than I love anybody or anything IN this life…and because I do, I’m Willing to do anything I have to do to be Spiritually Mature. I’m just passing through and my life is “like a vapor”. I’m on a Temporary Assignment and I don’t have forever to get it Right….and neither do you. My Focus is on the One who died for me and the Home that awaits me when it’s Time for my address to change. Until then, I press on. The Goal is Humility and Love and I work hard for both in hopes that He will find me to be a Worthy Vessel to do the work of the King of all kings all the days of my Life. I grew up.

How about you?