Colossians 1:28–"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ."
Maturity does not come naturally, as some would prefer us to believe. I speak of maturity in wisdom not physically, because the banana doesn't have to try to become ripe but the wise man does.
Maturity is, in many ways, a learned trait, a practiced perspective. After all, there are plenty of immature elderly people just as there are quite a few mature young people. The point, then, for the achievement of maturity is the recognition that it is a goal as much as it is an attitude. I mean to say that if we strive for maturity with a mature attitude we will, no doubt, arrive at maturity.
Spiritually speaking, maturity in Christ is what we are aiming towards. It is about obedience but it is also about focus, that we would focus on growing in Christ. This growth occurs through practice and devotion, the staples of a diet meant to harvest maturity in Christ. If this is our aim we should set ourselves on the task of studying His Word, praying in thankfulness, and loving God and our neighbors. In this way and by the grace of God, we will become mature in Him. Which is, after all, our eternal goal.
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