Refuse to be a baby. Grow up!

Refuse to be a baby. Grow up!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

I Corinthians 3:1
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.

You cannot talk to a baby as you talk to a mature person. There's a difference. Babies cannot understand the way mature people understand. Babies will hinder the work of God. Refuse to be a baby. Grow up!

In the kingdom of God, there are babes and there are mature ones. Baby believers, also called as carnal believers are the ones whose minds are still dominated by worldly things. Mature believers, also called as spiritual believers are the ones who minds are dominated by spiritual things - the things of God. I Peter 2:2 says, 'as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.' Every believer in the kingdom of God starts as a baby - no one is born mature. Growing up - becoming mature is a choice. Staying as a baby is a choice. Give the word first and final place in your life. Let it occupy the real estate of your mind and capture it - becoming word strongholds in your mind.

These are the last days and the attacks of the enemy are fiercer than ever before, you cannot afford to be a baby anymore. The word of God is your food, desire it and feed on it consistently and you will begin to grow and discern between good and evil, between the good and the best. Refuse to stay where you are! Keep feeding! Keep moving!

"I refuse to be a baby believer. I desire the word of God and I feed on it consistently. I am growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus. My mind is not on the things of the world but I put my mind on the things of God. I am spiritual - walking by faith, walking in love, led by the Holy Spirit and rooted and grounded in God's word."