Maturity: Growing Up in Jesus

Are you growing in maturity in your relationship with Jesus? Are you growing up in the Lord, or are you growing old in the Lord?

It has been said that “Converts grow old in Jesus and disciples grow up in Jesus.”

As followers of Jesus, we are called to grow and to mature in our relationship with God.

The author of Hebrews writes, “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” (Hebrews 5:11-14, ESV).

God is calling us to far greater service for his glory and purposes. We are not only called to learn and to grow, but to teach others what we learn and to help others to grow. Disciples of Jesus make other disciples of Jesus. Living and growing people help others to live and to grow.

We are to be weaned from “spiritual milk” and move on to the “solid food” of the word of God and to serving him.

May we grow in maturity as we follow Jesus, obey his word, and serve him by teaching others to follow him, to obey his word, and to teach others.

A Collect for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, (Proper 25): “Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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