Grow Up!

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.”

II Peter 3:18

Suppose you had the ability to canvas everyone in your church for their age.

Now add up all those years and divide by the number of people.

That would give you the average age of your congregation.

Now suppose somehow we had the ability to do the same thing with spiritual age – measured not by the date of their new birth but measured by maturity.

So, would your sanctuary double as a nursery, a nursing home or something in between?

Aaaah, now we’re meddling!

There is something wrong with a child that does not grow.

It is true in the natural and it is true with followers of Christ.

God the Father expects His children to grow to maturity.

If I came home from work to find my wife spoon feeding my 31 year old son I would say something is wrong.

He is more than capable of feeding himself.

Yet our churches are filled with people insisting on being spoon fed (after all, isn’t that what we pay the Pastor for?!) who should be feeding themselves and others.

 I am thrilled every time God speaks to me from His word.

When He does, we grow in our ability to hear.

We grow in our ability to discern.

We grow in our ability to feed and lead others.

Most importantly, we grow in our relationship with Him.

Let’s look this week at how we ‘grow up’ in Christ.