The Measure of a Mature Faith
What does it look like to be maturing in faith?
Thatā€™s an important question. And many people answer it by creating a listā€”attributes to develop or behaviors to master. The thinking often goes something like this: the more we understand, and the better we perform certain spiritual practices, the more mature we must be.
But thereā€™s a danger in that approach.
The focus can slowly turn inward. Without realizing it, we can begin to think that spiritual maturity is mainly about usā€”about what we know, what we say, and what we are able to do.
When that happens, our faith can quietly drift into something we manage apart from God and His active work in our lives.
Some of the very things that look spiritual on the outside can actually become self-referenced rather than God-responsive.
If a community rewards that kind of living for long enough, it can slowly become legalistic. Instead of helping people grow in freedom, it can begin to build subtle forms of spiritual bondageā€”even discouragi...
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