“The Mature Christian is easily edified”
And that quote really struck my heart.
What it is saying is that the mature Christian does not have to have anything expect gospel truth to find his or her spirit up lifted. He or she does not have to be in the best situation, hear it from the speaker, or put in the most artistic language to be edified.
This convicted me because how many times have I found myself saying in my heart, “This is great truth, but if the pastor would just be a better speaker my heart would be jumping at this truth.” Or how many times has my mind just stayed dull during gospel saturated music because the music style just wasn’t upbeat enough. I know I can get this way during worship services when the regular worship band is not in and it is just a guy with a guitar up on stage. I found myself more than once amazed at my spiritual immaturity at having my heart remain still during songs like “And Can it Be” because there is not a very good back beat. So many times I am not easily edified!
But I am "easily" so many other things. So as Justin Taylor accessed about himself so the same can be said of me, I am
easily annoyed
easily irritated
easily impatient
easily hurt
easily angered
easily distracted
easily arrogant
Oh, Lord, make my heart soft to your gospel and hard to sin!
