Training to maturity

In the 1990s a group of researchers did an anthropological study in Rajasthan. They were captivated by the way people recognized the communities by looking at their turbans! They mentioned the size, the colors, the binding style etc. For those visitors those descriptions did not make sense even after asking. But those local people knew instinctively. They have been trained to see and recognize right from childhood.  I read this interesting quote, “Size and style of Turbans changes every 15 km”.

Spiritual maturity is something like ability to know “which turbans?” They have been trained to know the difference between right and wrong (Heb 5:14). Not trained in worldly views but in God’s Word. They don’t believe everything they hear or see. Like Bereans, “…they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth (Acts 17:11, NLT).

Babes in Christ know the Sunday school lessons by heart. They tell you memorized Scriptures, quiz/facts but they have no response to the question “Why?” Babes can tell you the answer “Who was the first king of Israel?” but you won’t get response for “Why did God choose Saul as the first King of Israel?”

The matured wrestles with the deeper things of God. They know each word in Scripture is intentional, nothing accidental. They carefully look to each thought because they want to know God’s mind in minute details.

For everything, the mature Christians as “Why is this so?” The external cannot cheat them. They learned to differentiate the core from outer. They know the actual reasons and the intentions of God.

How do you evaluate yourself: Are you satisfied with Sunday school understanding and not willing to go beyond? Would you sweat until understand God’s Word?