Spiritual Maturity

Today's Reading:
1 Corinthians 13-14

Today's reading focuses on several topics: the importance of love within the body of Christ, Paul's response to the mishandling of certain spiritual gifts, orderly worship and the role of women in the church. But throughout these topics mentioned I see one major theme, and that is the theme of spiritual maturity. Let's take a brief look at what a mature believer looks like based on today's reading. The mature believer does all ministry by being filled with the Spirit. Love is a manifestation of the filling of God's Spirit controlling the life of a believer (Gal. 5:22). The mature believer lives a life of love (13:1-13). The mature believer knows his or her spiritual gift(s) and uses them to build up the church (14:12). The mature believer thinks and reasons as one who knows the word of God (13:9-11; 14:20-21). The mature believer comes to corporate worship spiritually prepared to give something back to the others (14:26-33). There is order in the worship when spiritually mature believers come together. According to these statements, would you consider yourself to be a mature believer? How could you grow in any one of these areas?

PrayerPoint:
Thank God that He is Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11).

ActionPoint:
Do you know what your spiritual gift is and if so, are you using it to build up the body of Christ? What steps can you take to find out your gift and use it to invest in the building up of Christ's church?