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God in His marvelous wisdom, has the divine fine line of seeing us as servants and as children. He doesn’t call us anywhere in Scripture "adults of God." He calls us "children of God." There is no verse that says "Why don’t you just grow up?" Plenty of verses encourage is to grow, some verses push us toward maturity, but we’ll never fully grow up spiritually. It’s a life-long process. However, our loving Father hangs in there with us, assuring us of our value and bringing in the necessary discipline – never too harsh or too easy – to help us grow to take on the family attributes. We are precious in His sight. Every child should have the privilege of singing this to the world.

We want to grow up in the Lord
We want to be strong and true
We want to know more of His presence
 … in us.

We need to be near Him
We need to know His love
We need to remember His sacrifice
… for us.

We are the children of God
We are growing more every day
We will one day reach maturity
And rejoice when we hear Him say ...

"Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

Copyright Jettie Hess