Psalm 118 - toddler or teen

When you are working with a child on a new physical skill like jumping into a pool or walking you have to patiently repeat yourself to get them to trust you and be confident to take that next step or make that leap of faith into your arms. God is such a good and loving parent like that. He desires us to swim in the deep end and to run free but it takes baby steps to get there for us sometimes. He has to coax us, encourage us, reassure us that He is there, help us when we stumble and catch us when we fall. This psalm is like that tender parent pushing a toddler not a nagging parent to an unresponsive teenager. But sometimes we take that attitude of a teen. Yah, yah, take refuge, blah blah, love endures forever, sure sure, right hand does mighty things, yada yada. Then we sit on the edge of the pool or walk timidly through life. God is sweetly pushing us to live and stand on His promises because of who He is. He is our strength, our song, our salvation. There is no heights high enough that we couldn't jump with Him. We can sing our song loud with a shout of victory, because He has conquered sin and death for us. We can run full speed free to live life to the fullest because he has already saved us and freed us to be who He created us to be and do the things He created us to do. Stop rolling your eyes like a punk teen and relearn to walk with Him and jump into His arms into the deep waters. What steps do you need to take in your life to do this? What sins, fears, or doubts do you need shed so you can run and jump with God?