GROW UP!
Eph. 4:11-13 He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the
apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their
responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church,
the body of Christ, until we come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of
God's Son that we will be mature and full-grown in the Lord, measuring up to
the full stature of Christ. NLT
No one who is called
to serve the Lord gets to where they are going without the Lord leading them
there. It is the Lord who places us where we need to be. It is the Lord who
gives us gifts and abilities according to our uniqueness. It is the Lord who
determines who needs to do what, where to do it, and when. We can take no
credit for what the Lord does!
The Lord does not
place us in positions of service without a reason. Each of us has an important
role to play in the building up of the Church body. Regardless of the
visibility of our role, we are an essential part of what God is doing to raise
up a people who are mature and fully grown in the Lord.
The Lord's agenda for
the Church is unchanging. He is working to make us one in Christ in our
knowledge of Him. His agenda is to grow us up so that we can be at our best and
do our best to reach our world for Him.
One of the greatest
battles the Lord has to fight in the Church is our resistance to what He is
doing. We don't want to grow up. We like not having to assume the responsibility
of spiritual adulthood. We like it when others have to carry the load we should
be carrying. We take offense when it is suggested that we need to grow up. If
this is you, all I have to say to you today is, GROW UP!
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