Wisdom and Maturity

Fermentation is an interesting process: It is slow and gradual. For the most part, nothing seems to be happening: it is unimpressive, and yet, it has a cumulative power that creates and transforms. So it was with early Christianity. To the people who mattered, it was of little consequence. For those with eyes to see, a new energy was bubbling up: something alive, transformational and unstoppable. Fermentation is a great metaphor for the process of maturity that every disciple of Jesus must enter into: a journey that requires patience, vision and of course wisdom.