Converge, Week 4 - Day 3: Growing Up in Faith

Converge, Week 4 Day 3: Growing Up in Faith Devotional Remember when you were a child and needed someone to help you with everything? Your parents had to teach you how to tie your shoes, brush your teeth, and make good choices. As you grew older, you gradually became more independent and capable of helping others. Spiritual growth follows a similar pattern. When we first come to faith, we need others to feed us, teach us, and guide us through the basics. This is natural and necessary. But God’s design is that we don’t stay spiritual infants forever. The writer of Hebrews addresses believers who had been Christians long enough that they should have been teaching others, yet they still needed someone to explain the basics to them repeatedly. This isn’t meant to shame us, but to challenge us toward growth. Maturity in faith means developing spiritual discernment—the ability to distinguish between good and evil, truth and deception. It means being able to feed yourself spiritually through personal Bible study and prayer, and eventually being able to help feed others. This doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn’t mean you’ll ever stop learning or needing encouragement from others. But there should be evidence of growth, increasing wisdom, and a developing ability to help others in their faith journey. God’s heart is that you would grow from being someone who constantly needs spiritual care to someone who can provide spiritual care to others. Bible Verse ‘For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.’ - Hebrews 5:12 Reflection Question In what areas of your spiritual life do you see evidence of growth, and where might you still be relying too heavily on others to feed you spiritually? Quote The normal Christian life, according to Scripture, is one marked by growth and maturity, just like biological life is as well. Prayer Father, thank You for Your patience with me as I grow. Help me to mature in my faith, developing discernment and wisdom. Show me how I can begin to help others grow.