“Some Christians hope in a vague kind of way that time will help them to grow better. They look to the passing of the years to mellow them and make them more Christlike. This is such a tender and pathetic thought that one hesitates to expose its essential error. But we had better know the facts now while we can do something about them rather than go on moist-eyed and dreamily hopeful–and wholly wrong. A crooked tree does not straighten with age; neither does a crooked Christian.”
A. W. Tozer

Tozer has a way of getting right to the point, doesn’t he? Sanctification doesn’t come with age. It comes from hard work and discipline – physical, emotional, and spiritual.  It doesn’t come from just attending church on Sunday. That is just the starting point in how we spend the rest of the week.

That is why there are young people that are spiritual giants and old people that have no wisdom. They have taken different paths. One path leads to holiness. The other path is where yesterday is like today and tomorrow – filled with empty thoughts of self.

Jesus, thank you that becoming like you doesn’t depend on the passage of time, but on our willingness to allow the Holy Spirit to change us into your image. Keep my focus on You and You alone. Amen.

Always praying for the glory of God,