Desire To Be Fully Developed

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. http://bible.com/59/col1.28.esv

"Mature-Fully developed and ready to be used"
"Maturity-The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed"

Our faith journey is like a journey of a soldier who knows nothing about the battlefield at the beginning. Right after enlistment, a recruit is trained 24/7 for 8-12 weeks and then undergoes a specialty training for another 13 weeks and then goes to his/her unit for the "first assignment". Then in a few years, he/she will undergo further specialty training until the soldier is fully developed and then sent to the battlefield.

Although sometimes, a soldier is sent to the battlefield right after training, one must remember that all he/she got is the rigid training and discipline but no experience but somehow surrounded with fully trained individuals [brothers/sisters] who will assist him/her in any way possible to survive in the battlefield.

Our objective as a Christian is maturity in faith. We can not just be the new trainee forever. With the passing of years, we grow stronger and stronger in faith. Our patience are tested to the max, our perseverance is tested along the way where sometimes we say "Where are you God?", "Are you real?"and we must understand that hardship will always be there because we have an enemy called the devil and he is just waiting for an opportunity to attack.

We don’t need to be in full time ministry to do that, we just need to be fully connected to the Lord’s bigger vision for mankind and always listening to the move/enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.

I am not perfect. I failed most of the time everyday but I know what I know about Christ and His resurrection and I desire to be fully matured so that in due season I can help build a brother or a sister in faith.