Maturity is interesting. It is a state of your mind. Your mind will never stop gaining experiences, until you tell it not to. Until you refuse to gain and make sense of your experiences, you'd keep growing.
There are quite a lot of ways how one grows in God. It can be through the truth setting you free, your experience with God, correction from people and so on. Each one of the ways has it's pros and cons. Sometimes, we see the need to grow, that we don't see that growth comes from God.
I realized this about myself after reading this book - there are many ways of growth, and each person has to have a combination of ways to grow. One must not impose our ideology of growth on the person.
As the verse states, I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 1 Cor 3:6
God made it grow. I am the instrument to other's growth, and also of my own growth. There are dual responsibilities of each person - to personally grow, and to help others grow. Yet, it should never inhibit God's working in that person's life. Now, that's the challenge.
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