Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. (Ephesians 4:14)
Because God’s greatest goal for us is to conform us into the image and likeness of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are to live out the importance of growing up, not just growing old. Think about it this way: I can’t imagine anyone saying they want to be the same person today that they were a year ago. Those who are not committed to growing up in the faith are stuck in perpetual spiritual infancy.
What we need to remember is spiritual growth is not automatic after Jesus shows up and raises us from death to life. Spiritual growth demands our desire to want to grow, decide to grow, do the work to grow, and continue persisting in growing. This, of course, is a life-long process and will not be completed until we are brought into glory. And inasmuch as it is all of grace, it will not be completed without our commitment. Now we all know about commitment. We are all committed to somethings. The question is are we committed to growing and maturing in the faith? Identifying our commitments will make the answer crystal clear. Here are a few things to consider: your prayer life; your Bible reading plan; your weekly church attendance; your generosity; your service to the expansion of the cause of Christ; your thought life.
To grow up and become more like Jesus, we have to desire developing the mind of Jesus. We have to think His thoughts and there is no better example of this than these words from Paul: whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy, thing about such things (Philippians 4:8). That means we must be careful what we are putting into our minds. We must be on guard to fill our minds with the wisdom of God’s Word, not the wisdom of this world. At this level of living, we will be certain that we will not only be growing older, but we will be growing up.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 