Read through the Bible in 2 years: Hebrews 5:11-6:20

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 5:14 ESV

I sure enjoyed the steak my husband grilled for dinner tonight, but there’s no way I would feed it to my one-year-old granddaughter. I remember when that precious little girl was first learning to suck rice cereal off a spoon. Then, she graduated to yogurt and oatmeal. Now she can eat just about anything, but steak? She’s still not ready for it, but it won’t be long if her Pop has anything to say about it.

It takes more than simply time to develop maturity. I’ve met plenty of 50-year-old men that don’t have the maturity of my 24-year-old son.

My youngest son is 15 years old. He’s 6’1″ and almost 200 lbs. Fully grown? Maybe. Fully mature? Nope, definitely not.

Though he may be ten giant leaps in front of many of his peers, he still has so much to learn. Maturity takes wisdom and learning. Maturity takes testing and trial and error.

Like this passage says, the mature have trained their powers of discernment by constant practice, distinguishing good from evil.

How are we doing, sisters?

Are we practicing discernment or are we “following our hearts”?

Are we training our children to be discerning, knowing the Lord and hiding His Word in their hearts?

Let’s pray.

Heavenly Father, we want to be mature. We want to be discerning. We want to love what you love and hate what you hate. We pray for our children that they would know your word and hide it faithfully in their hearts, and we pray that we would be diligent in teaching and training them. Help us to be godly examples for the next generation, being sober-minded and making the most of every day that we are given. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.