The Ladder of Success

So, sometimes the Lord brings a truth to light through the most usual of circumstances in your daily life. The other day I was down in my office and my son was wondering around the basement getting into everything he could find (he is 21 months so what else is he gonna do, right?). Finally it was time to go upstairs to do something else. So we started the climb up the 14 steps to the top. Some days he races right up but most of the time like this particular day he was taking his own sweet time. I was eager to get to the top but he had all the time in the world. That was when I was hit with this insight from the Lord.

I could carry you to the top. it would be much faster and in the end the result would be the same. You will up here with me. I could just pick you up and bring you up to my level and it would be much easier on the both of us. However if I do that how many more time will I have to do that. No, I want you to practice getting up those steps so that as you grow stronger you can run up them like your daddy does. Yes, I am right here with you as you are learning to climb these steps because if not you might fall and that would not be good. So instead I patiently wait right here beside you for you to learn to climb. No, I won't hold your hand I want you to do it on your own. If I help it will take you longer to figure out how to do it on your own.

I knew right away that this was not just an idea I had for my son, but it was a concept being burned into me by the Holy Spirit. You see He does love us and Yes, He wants to have us with Him. He wants you to become strong He wants you to learn how to run up the stairs into his arms.

The thought of our Lord letting us struggle up the steps to Him like we were babies or puppies seems a bit strange. But look, we do that so that the process of learning will be accelerated.