Can You Feed Yourself?

So, every now and then I run across another post on another blog that I just have to lift and place here to make sure even more people read it.

Such is the case with the recent post by Pete Wilson on his blog. This is awesome! Thanks, Pete for putting it out there!

Can You Feed Yourself?

Okay, okay, if you’re done laughing at the picture, I actually have a serious question for you.

Have you learned to feed yourself? It pains me how often I hear from people who have been Christians for 10, 20, or even 30 years complaining that they “need to be fed”. What? Are you kidding me??

I said this yesterday at Cross Point and I want to say it again here. Early on in your Christian life you need to be fed. You need someone that understands the Bible to help you understand the Bible. You need someone to help you understand what it means to follow Christ.

But at some point you have to get out of the high chair, take off the bib, pick up a fork, and start to feed yourself.

If you’re not growing in your Christian walk you can’t blame your spouse, your schedule, your church, or your pastor. As you mature you have to own this area of your life. You have to want Christ formed in your life enough that you begin to arrange your life around certain practices and methods (ie. Bible study, prayer, worship) that help God’s vision become a reality.

So let’s discuss. Have you learned to feed yourself? What are you doing to feed yourself? What excuses are you using if you’re not growing these days?

(Pete is the Senior Pastor of Crosspoint Community Church in Nashville, the main sponsor of UpRising Church when we launched last year.)

~ by Joe Case on August 4, 2008.