When spiritual babies grow up they no longer are satisfied with just coming to worship gatherings, enjoying music, and listening to sermons. Instead, they hunger to please their Lord and help others. This is not out of guilt, but a growing selfless, mature love for others. Jesus stated the foundational doctrine in Matthew 23:11, “But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.”

Paul explains the will of our Savior to all the Christians who lived in Ephesus.

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, ² with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, ³ endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

⁷ But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

¹¹ And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, ¹³ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ¹⁴ that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— ¹⁶ from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Join Pastor Carl Sunday Aug 13 and 20 at 9 am! If you hunger to please your Lord this just may be your next step in your spiritual journey.