The difference between men & boys

An old adage that has been around for a while goes like this...the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. I'm sure you might hear that comment around, say for instance Burnham Harbor in Chicago were some of the more elite yachts are kept during boating months on Lake Michigan.  I can picture some uber wealthy fellow sitting on his 35 foot yacht, wine in hand, looking over the guy pulling out of the harbor in his 24 footer saying just that.  Classic one-upmanship.

Needless to say, and hopefully the man knows it, he won't be able to take his 35 foot yacht with him if he goes to heaven.  I've surmised that there are no storage facilities there. 

When it comes to real life, where it really matters, where the stakes are high, where the prize is heaven, where the goal which allows us to reach that prize is to know Christ, there is a huge difference between the men and the boys.  I'm talking about adult boys here....grown up men who are but boys.  Sad to say, but they are around.  Check this out:

 

When we're talking about being better husbands, fathers, and men....that is what we are talking about...that of a Christ centered life which by itself separates the men from the boys.

 

Have you grown up yet?