You and I do not know exactly where a person is in the “growing up” in the Lord process.  A person may have been “saved” only recently and therefore is a “spiritual newborn”.

Since such a “spiritual newborn” is still very fleshly and his/her reasoning reflects that, we look upon them as the “babies” they are.  In twenty years of growing up in the Lord we expect that same child of God to reflect those twenty years of spiritual maturation.

That is the reason the Word says to “judge not”.  When we ourselves were physical babies no one expected us to work calculus.  The idea is laughable. Our growing up in the spiritual realm is very like growing up in the physical.

Recently a neighbor said of a friend of mine:  “I knew he was an honorable man when he replied that he did not do that because he wanted to sleep at night.”

An arrow shot into my heart. I was convicted. I could not give that same answer to that same question.  The young man was right.  I was wrong.  A blazing light of Godly clarity hit me.  Immediately, I saw.  Also immediately, I changed.  I could almost hear the song: “I Saw The Light”.

Now, I am responsible for this new clarity.  I see.

“I once was blind but now I see…”  These lyrics do not relate to salvation only. Our whole lives are a series of “now I see.”

With the grace the Lord gives to us as we grow up in Christ, He asks us to extend to others the same grace.

“I once was blind but now I see.”  Others are blind in certain areas also.

Oh God, help me and others to live up to the level of clarity given to each of us this day.