It has come to my mind on several occasions that worldliness and immaturity are bedfellows. The world has no desire to be mature. The world craves youth and vitality. The world scorns the gray head. Whether it be the wisdom of the gray head or the looks of the gray head. Our culture wants to be young forever. This cultural norm carries itself into every sphere of life — intellectual, spiritual, physical and social.
Intellectual immaturity can reveal itself in many ways, but I believe they all are worldly.
Spiritual immaturity can also be seen in many ways and is also worldly.
The type of physical maturity I’m thinking of here is not a developmental immaturity, but rather a desire for the physical to remain young. This is worldly.
Social immaturity is seen clearly in styles around us and worldly styles are immature. Immature styles are worldly. If you saw a forty year old man dressed like a 19 year old, you’d think he was immature and I’d think he was too concerned with “fitting in” (with the world).
Why should we allow Christian young people to be immature in any of these areas? We want our young people to be spiritually mature, to be able to make decisions about what they should do with their life, but we allow them to keep their hair in an immature (worldly) way. We allow them to dress in immature (worldly) ways. We say, “give them time.” And I say, “Let’s be consistent.” Let’s demand maturity of mind, heart, strength, and soul. Let’s correct immaturity while it’s young.
Some may say, “I don’t want my kids to grow up too fast.” WHY NOT?
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