I read chapter 3 of Becoming a Man of Prayer today. In reading Galatians 4:1-7, I was at first not sure what the reference to a child heir verses an heir meant. I came to understand that in the first verse, a child heir is (according to the verse) similar to a slave in that they must be protected and managed until they are of age. Verse 7 says that I am, "no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God." 1 Corinthians 13:11 says, "When I was a child, I spoke like child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways."
I realized I have in many ways been living as if I were still an underage child in God's presence. Yes, we know we must come to him initially with the faith of a little child, but when we are saved, we must put away childish things and grow up! I stand today before the Father a grownup daughter. I am called to a life of holiness, suffering, discipline and commitment. These are not for babies...these are for grownups.
Then, I pulled out Love to Eat, Hate to Eat. A CS Lewis quote fit in perfectly with what I feel the Lord was trying to show me.
(from Love to Eat, Hate to Eat by: Elise Fitzpatrick)
C.S. Lewis...believed that we were too easily satisfied with the "lesser joys" of life instead of pressing on to pure, full joy in Christ. He wrote, "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition [and food] when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
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