Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Perhaps the three most dangerous words in Christianity might be “I got this.” It presupposes that I don’t need the Lord at a moment when the Lord is about to do a work.

The danger is in the belief in self-sufficiency. That was the condition we were in when we first cried out “Help me Lord!” We ruined our lives without the Lord and nothing has changed since that first moment of surrender.

Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

That was said to the church of Ephesus right after great praises about their faithful labors. Doing good is not the same as being good.

1 Corinthians 1:29-31 That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

We who have been in the Lord for the longest time are just as susceptible to this failing as any, maybe more so.  We are so comfortable in being used of the Lord, we are so comfortable in His presence that at times we expect to be used and take the lead while the Lord waits patiently. Perfect timing is as importance as the work at hand. Only the Lord knows when a soul is ready for that surrender moment. Experience has taught us nearly everything except perfect timing. We need to remember to wait on the Lord.

Psalm 27:13-14 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

When I see this verse I think differently than the editors of scriptures. That’s me, I think differently. Every translation says either aged men or old me. I on the other hand know men that have just come to the Lord in their 70’s and 80’s. So this is how I look at this verse.

Aged steaks have nothing to do with how old the cow was at the time of its butchering. It has everything to do with what you do to the meat after the death of the cow.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The cow is dead but the steak is new and needs to be aged. So we, having died with Christ, are become new and need to begin the aging process. That is why everyone born again, regardless of age, begin as babes in Christ.

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

There are some that resent being talked to like they are babies. That is a sign for a need for maturity. Paul speaks to them in the only terms they understand, carnal. We. Like the new born, may receive and feel the love, but have not learned yet how to give love in return.

Like a new born those first moments of rebirth are all about learning what it means to be alive.