Ephesians 4:11-15 -- On Perfecting and Growing Up

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:"

Ephesians 4:11-15


I like the idea here of all of these resources that are all designed to help us through the perfecting process, or growing up into Godliness. ... I think we sometimes expect God to be mysterious and complex... he is God and knows everything after all, but he also knows that we are children, making silly, childish mistake, at least in a spiritual sense, and he has very plain things to say to us. Hold on to truth and love, stick with what God says and not what people say.

Today, let's do all we can to grow towards God--to put that goal first in our lives, and let other things take lower priorities or fall off the list if they aren't compatible with that first item. This is our life, and all of it was given to us so we could learn this spiritual stuff and figure out our lives and our desires and our true selves, with God. He can help us with the hard questions, with going from who we are to who we truly want to be. Let's stick with him, and partake of his hope, and move forward and upward, towards eventual, but thankfully not immediately expected, perfection.