God wants no “dwarfed” men serving Him (Leviticus 21:20). Lord, am I a dwarf? Smallness of stature is not what God has in mind. Look at Zaccheus, whose frame was small but whose heart was really giant-sized (Luke 19:1–10).
God does not want men representing Him who are dwarfs in heart and mind. Look at the opposite in God: He gives liberally (James 1:5); His mind is of great understanding (Romans 11:33–34); His plans and purposes include the whole world (John 3:16); He loves everlastingly (Jeremiah 31:3). It is no wonder that God rejects disciples who are narrow, petty, childish.
Smallness in a Christian is the result of largeness in the ego. He sees himself as all-important. He has not learned the law of detachment; he feels that he himself is as necessary to God’s work as the flow of God’s power.
That is not all. If I am dwarfish toward others, it is because first I am dwarfish toward God. I can never be stingy, prejudiced, and opinionated if I have opened my being to the One whose life is a Niagara of large-hearted outflow. Paul’s word strikes me forcibly here, “Grow up … toward … Christ” (Ephesians 4:15, Berkeley). The end of my dwarfishness is the stature of Christ, and I am to be making continual progress in that direction. The essence of dwarfishness is: that is not what the person is supposed to be. To be small at childhood is natural, but at maturity?
If I am a dwarf it is because something has gone wrong with my spiritual growth mechanism. It is not the will of God that I remain in a state of perpetual babyhood. Lord, help me to grow up—and on toward Jesus Christ! For He is not only my way—He is my destiny.
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” (2 Peter 3:18).
Daily with the King 