How spiritually mature do you feel?

10/10/2021

How mature do you feel you are spiritually? Recently I got ahold of an e-book by Doug Paul which got me to thinking.

When I accepted the Lord as my Savior fifty plus years ago, I needed a lot of help from my parents, Sunday School teachers, pastors, and all the Christians in my local church. You know the old saying that it takes a community to raise a child. Well, it takes a church to raise a new Christian into a mature Christian. That means we all have our jobs cut out for us.

First, we need “Parents.” These are people who witness and lead sinners into a personal walk with Christ. Everyone that professes to be a Child of God can and should throughout their life become a “Spiritual Parent” on more than a few occasions, we should become the “parents” of a multitude of God’s children.

After a person becomes a Child of God, it takes many “Spiritual Parents,” and they can be anyone that has been walking with God, growing with God, and most importantly maturing in God. As we mature or grow in our walk with God then we need to also become “Spiritual Parents.”

Some of us are in a person’s life for short periods of time and others for a long time. There are people that at one time I was more spiritually mature than they were and now they show signs of being more mature than I in certain areas of their life. It does not matter what level of maturity you are if you keep letting God use you to bring sinners to a personal relationship with God and help them grow into the person God wants them to be.

Therefore, look around and ask God to show you people that you can help grow.

C.I. Wilson

Heavenly Father, thank you for using Your children from infants to seniors. Show us how to become better followers of Your will. Amen.