.....burden

Cast all your cares on Him; for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

"Growing in Grace" can be a very great "burden" to earnest, godly people. They go from conference to conference, preacher to preacher, speaker to speaker - notebook in hand, so eager to get a "blessing" or a "new insight" on how to live the Christian life.  However, because they hear of others having incredible experiences which they don't have, they carry heavy burdens of disappointment and self-reproach.

These same feelings might equally well belong to a child in the grade school because he is not in the higher classes of the school. But why should he worry about his future progress? His one business in grade school is to complete only the lessons set before him by his teacher. Once these lessons are learned, the teacher will assign more and deeper lessons, with deeper insight, and then will continue to advance him to where progress can be made more quickly.  

The same is true for us.  We are to learn the lessons which the Lord Jesus sets before us day by day - which, once learned, will allow Him to lead us into a fuller knowledge and deeper love of Him every day.

The Apostle Thomas was one of the "less-knowledged" pupils in our Master's school. He could not see what was clear to everyone else.  But instead of chiding him, and leaving him to grope in the dark, the Master paid him a special visit, and made the incredible fact of His resurrection so simple, that the "doubter" was able to rejoice with the all the others. 

 

So, don't worry about your lack of knowledge or lack of learning, it only means that our dear Master will give you longer and more personal attention. 

- f.f bruce