DO HARD THINGS!
READ: Jeremiah 48:9-16
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Zephaniah 1:12
The scripture describes very well the immature nature of Moab. Moab was at ease and relaxed in his condition. Moab was compared to wine that was not mature. Wine is supposed to taste nicer when it is mature and mellow. The older the wine and the more mature the wine, the more expensive it is.
In this scripture, the Lord gives the master keys to maturing and mellowing Moab. Moab had become prematurely settled and relaxed, failing to become what God wanted him to become. In this amazing scripture (Jeremiah 48:10-11), there are many characteristics that we see of an immature person who has not become what God wants him to be.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:27
To be at ease is to be at rest! Resting, sleeping and taking it easy are not the ways to mature in life and ministry. A girl who rests, sleeps and takes it easy in her youth, will not learn how to cook. She will have no domestic skills and will enter marriage as an unskilled person.
It is important to rise up and bear the yoke of ministry, doing the hard things that are necessary to develop your skills. Be an usher, be a security man, run around, go out witnessing and serve the Lord in every possible way. By working hard you mature very quickly into ministry.
To become settled in anything is to end the process of maturity. Many of us want to be settled, established and even exalted. But there is a certain tension that is necessary if you are to mature in ministry. Living in a big house, driving a big car and flying around in business and first class are not the ways to maturity.