How Old Are You?

   I like to play video games. Now, I'm not talking about those violent video games. I'm talking about fun ones like Mario, Lego, and Wii sports.
   A while back we got the Wii Fit game. In that game you could weigh yourself every day, figure out your balance, and improve your health by exercising. When you weighed yourself you could go through some exercises to figure out how good your balance was. Then the Wii Fit Board calculated what your age was based off of your ability in those games. 
   If your age was younger than your actual age, or close to your actual age, you would be good. However, most of the time, your Wii Fit age was much older than your actual age. That is because you were still getting used to exercising and keeping your balance. 
   This is a lot like your spiritual age vs your physical age. Some of us have been going to church and learning about God for our whole lives. That means our spiritual age may be older than our physical age. Others of us have just learned the good news so, even though we are older, we have a young spiritual age. 
   Here's the great thing about spiritual age: it can grow a whole lot faster than your physical age. You may be asking how that can happen. Well, it is a matter of how childlike you are. I'm not saying how immature you are, I'm saying how curious you are and how much faith you have. New Christians tend to have a fire and curiosity to learn about God. But as we grow in God, we start to think we know it all and forget that we have to keep growing. 
   How can we keep growing? You can read the Bible, study the Bible and other Christian books, pray, or go to church. Any time that you are trying to gain information about God you are growing in knowledge of God. Every time I read the Bible I gain new insight and understanding. Shouldn't that be our goal? We should want to grow in God.
   Finally, for those of us who have an older spiritual age, we have a responsibility. We need to help those who have a younger spiritual age grow. That may mean being open to having conversations with those people. It may mean praying for them. Or, it could mean writing a note of encouragement. The bottom line is we are in fellowship and community for a reason: to help one another grow and keep each other accountable.
   So, what is your spiritual age? Are you trying to grow in God no matter what your spiritual age is? Are you helping those with a younger spiritual age than you grow in God?

   Colossians 1:9-10, 2 Peter 3:18, Matthew 18:3