THERE IS NEED FOR MATURITY

THERE IS NEED FOR MATURITY (Galatians 5:22-23)

"I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you're joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is — when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples. (John 15:5-8, TMG)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23, NIV)

Maturity according to Encarta Dictionary can be defined as a mature state: the condition of being ripe, fully aged, or fully grown, especially mentally or emotionally. There can be no fruit-bearing without being preceded by maturity stage. You cannot produce without maturity. Every life desired to be productive, fruitful of fertile. This desire has become goals of everybody needing or awaiting reality or manifestation. The value and joy of every tree is to be fruitful. The fruits of every tree are produced after reaching productive years, one can never produce a fruit when one is not matured enough to produce. The maturity (spiritual maturity) is dependent on what controls our lives, who has dominion over our lives, and also what or who lives in us.

Under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, you will bear fruit and vice versa. When your walk in and with Him is alright and good, then your fruits will be good. You cannot bear good fruit when Christ is not in you, when He is not in the centre of your life (John 15:5). He must be in you and you must also be in Him. Are you in Christ? Is Christ in you?

Spiritual and physical maturity is enclosed in the Word of God (the Bible), it is when you explore the Word of God that you will be able to grow both spiritually and physically. Your knowledge of the Word will keep nourishing your body, soul and spirit so that you can reach the level of maturity God desires. Dare to grow, mature and be fruitful. There is a big difference between having the knowledge of the Word and having daily knowledge of the Word, it is your daily knowledge of the Word that you need to carry out your daily assignments or tasks because the anointing of yesterday might not be sufficient for the task of today. Every day has its own trouble requiring the power to overcome the trouble, you need to be connected to the daily source of power to overcome.

Maturity of a man or a woman God desired in using is rooted (after giving his or her to Christ, dwelling in God and God dwelling in Him, and also under the leadership of the Holy Spirit) in reading the Word of God, moving on to studying the Bible, advancing to meditating, progressing to memorizing, pressing on in living the Word, pushing on to knowing the Bible, and also determined to talk the Word of God to others. Do not retrogress in maturing because your maturity will distinguish you from infancy. Are you tired of babyhood, search and explore the beauty of the Word.

Every man or woman is a maturing man or woman, although some have a attain a level of maturity which can be a means of motivation but don't count anybody matured because Christianity is a continuous journey to a known destination, a glorious destination and you cannot be caught in the web of "I am a matured Christian". A person can declare his maturity when he is about to go the way of all flesh or about to die.

In conclusion, the basic step or the first step you need to take if you want to be a mature Christian is to give your totality to Christ. Surrendering to God is the access to maturity. God is sick and bored of your religiousity and sagacity, He wants to be lively and happy by becoming His son and daughter. Remove the veil, see the light that God has for you.

Always long to mature so as to manifest the fruit of the Spirit!!! Shalom

Ajamu Gabriel IfeOluwa
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