Grow Up, Boys And Girls!
Monday, October 6, 2025Key Verse
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things” (1 Corinthians 13:11).
Text — 1 Corinthians 13:11-13
Message
How do you feel if you plant a seed and it never germinates? Or how would feel if you remain in a particular class for years without promotion? That’s exactly how God feels about you when you refuse to grow up. In our text, Paul in his sermon to the Corinthians referred to the importance of growing up physically, mentally and spiritually. To grow up means to increase in grace and knowledge as believers. It means to have more understanding of God’s word even as we mature and grow physically.
Paul chided the Hebrew believers for their lack of understanding in spiritual matters as they were still behaving like babes. There are certain behaviours and attitudes we give up as grown up believers. Childish behaviours do not portray Christian maturity. How is your Christian life? Are you still a babe in the Lord after many years of conversion? Pray for the grace to experience exponential growth so that the devil will not continue to cheat you. Christian maturity does not necessarily mean growth in age. Young Timothy was mature in faith.
Quote
Young Timothy was mature in faith
Challenge
Grow up!
Prayer for today
Lord, help me grow into maturity in all areas of life.