“When
I was a child, I spake as a child, I understanding as a child, I thought as a
child: but when I become a man, I put away childish things” 1
Corinthians 13:11. From verse we just read, the Holy Spirit through the Apostle
Paul explains the order of communication of the babe in Christ. First he
“spoke,” ahead of understanding and thinking. The spiritually mature would
rather think, before speaking.
As
long as a believer remains at the babyhood level of communication, where his
words are at variance with the realities of the new creation, he’ll not
experience the best of his inheritance in Christ. The Bible says in Galatians
4:1, “Now
I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a
servant, though he be lord of all.” King
Solomon alludes to this in Ecclesiastes 10:5-7; he calls it an error that
proceeds from the ruler: “Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich
sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as
servants upon the earth.” How true!
As one
who’s born again, you’re Abraham’s seed; therefore all of God’s blessings
belong to you: “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according
to the promise” Galatians 3:29. But your words must align with the Word
of God. The Word of God is the wisdom of God; it’s the Language of the
spiritually mature: “Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect…” 1
Corinthians2:6.
For example, when a Christian says “Oh Lord, heal me; I just caught the flu and
I am so sick”; you can immediately locate him as a babe in the things of
the Spirit. The spiritual mature would rather speak the wisdom of God. Rather
than talk sickness, he’d speak health and life. He’d say “The same Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in me,
therefore, I cannot be sick. I’m vitalized by the power of God-spirit, soul and
body!” can you see the difference?
The
babe in Christ seeks to be healed; but the spiritually mature knows he cannot
be sick, because he is the righteousness of God in Christ, and therefore speaks
accordingly. James 3:2 AMP says “For we all often stumble and fall and
offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the
wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to
control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.” Spiritual
maturity is measured by your words; therefore it’s important that you grow in the
Word of God unto maturity, and learn to communicate rightly.
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