Immaturity

Immaturity often reveals itself through control. It seeks influence without cost and authority without service. Spiritual maturity, however, is recognised not by how your support someone, but also how you serve. Where sacrifice is absent, control becomes hollow, and relationships fracture. God calls us beyond control into carrying burdens with love.

God is refining His people to lead from service, not overbearing control. True authority grows from obedience and restraint. When sacrifice shapes leadership, control gives way to care and fear yields to trust. The mature heart chooses patience, listens deeply, and bears inconvenience for the good of others. This posture releases healing and builds communities rooted in grace.

The Bible says, “But when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away” (1 Corinthians 13:10 NASB). Maturity replaces control with purpose and transforms power into service. Let Christ form you into a leader whose life speaks before words.

Quote

Maturity pays the price control refuses to pay.

Prayer

Lord, grow me into maturity marked by sacrifice and love. Amen.

Action Point

Choose one act of unseen service today without seeking recognition.

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