GodMakesMyDreamsComeTrue.....: A weaned Child-Submit!!

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Wednesday, November 24, 2004

A weaned Child-Submit!!

Title: A Method for MaturityAuthor: Warren Wiersbe
Read Psalm 131:1-3:
Psalm 131A song of ascents. Of David. 1 My heart is not proud, O LORD , my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
One day King David was walking through the palace, and he heard a child crying. What was going on? The child was being weaned. The mother was saying, "Now, my child, you are growing up, and it is time for you to be weaned." The child was saying, "You don't love me; you hate me. If you loved me, you wouldn't do this." Then David went to his desk, got his pen and wrote Psalm 131.
The problem with too many of us is that we have grown old without growing up--we still need to be weaned. The weaning process is important. God's goal for your life is maturity, and His method for maturity is weaning. He has to wean us away from things we think are important.
How do you convince a child that he doesn't want to be attached to his mother for the rest of his life? Love him? Yes! But he must grow up, step out and be a man. And so it is with us. God has to wean us away from the things of the world, from the cheap toys that we hold on to. He wants to give us the best, and His desire in weaning is our submission. The weaned child of Psalm 131 was not losing; he was gaining. He was moving out into a larger life. Likewise, God has to take things away from our lives, not because they are bad, but because they are keeping us from the best.
The next time you whimper and cry because God takes something away from you, remember: He might be weaning you. He might be saying, "Get closer to me. Step out into a life of maturity and let's go together."
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God wants His children to grow into mature believers and eventually to become like His Son. When He decides to wean you from something in your life, be an obedient child. Let Him prepare you and develop you for what He has in store for you.

weaned, wean·ing, weans -
To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.
To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted

Dear Lord, I do not know in what aspect are you weaning me.. but Lord i pray you will help me to submit.. though in those times, i may only be able to see from my own narrow perspective.. i pray that your word today will remind me to see from your broader perspective.. But i pray that even if i can't see from your point of view, that you will still help me to submit, 'cos submitting is to obey even when i disagree.. but i pray that Lord, you will let me hear your voice clearly, gimme comfirmation and assurance of ur direction, i ask.

I pray also that as a spiritual parent, you help me desire greater maturity from ur children. That Lord, i will wean them, dare to strip them off their comfort items, that even if i become their source of comfort, that i will bear to wean myself from them. That even if they say "mum, u dun love me.. why aren't you there when i need you?".. that Lord, i will not waver.. i 'll not seek to please them and i will not fear how they see me, but I pray that i will dare to let go, dare to discipline.and that i wun even see their dependence on me as my security and affirmation as a leader, but that i will seek affirmation from you.. and above all that i will draw them to you and not to me. Search my heart Lord.. and test me. Finally i pray that the pple will submit to you and to me(when u speak thru me). Thank you Lord.

posted by raethelamb @ 9:10 AM

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