GROW UP - WEEK ONE - DAY FOUR
Hello and welcome to your Daily Devos, following our Grow Up series at 29:11!
Take some time today to read through the provided scriptures, meditate on the lessons we’ve learned this week, and journal your prayers. Have an amazing week, 29:11 Church!
THEME SCRIPTURE:
Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. 2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready, 3 for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? 4 When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?
- 1 Corinthians 3: 1-4 NLT
TODAY’S PASSAGE:
…rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
- Romans 5:3-5 ESV
REFLECTION:
Assessing our spiritual maturity requires us to evaluate how we respond to challenges, correction, sin, and the impact we have on others. Trials are inevitable, but they are opportunities for growth when we view them as training rather than obstacles. Romans 5:3-5 reminds us that suffering produces endurance, which in turn builds character and hope. Growing in faith means that our feelings follow our faith, not the other way around, allowing us to trust God even when circumstances are difficult. Our spiritual maturity is reflected in how we handle adversity, and whether we allow trials to refine us or cause us to stumble.
Receiving correction is another critical indicator of spiritual growth. A mature Christian recognizes the need for humility and the ability to admit when they are wrong, just as Psalm 51:17 reflects a heart that is broken and contrite before God. This openness to correction allows the Holy Spirit to address blind spots and areas of habitual sin that need to fade over time, as described in Ephesians 4:22-24. Finally, what we stir up in others also speaks to our spiritual maturity. Are we stirring up drama, anger, and division, or are we encouraging love and good works, as Hebrews 10:24-25 encourages? Maturity is not about perfection but about progressing towards Christlikeness in every area of our lives.
THOUGHTS TO PONDER:
How do you respond when life doesn’t go your way? Do trials push you closer to God, or do they cause you to fall into frustration? Consider how you handle correction—are you open to being wrong, or do you resist accountability? Growth in Christ requires both humility and a willingness to change. Reflect on what you're stirring up in your relationships: is it division or love and good works? Let this challenge you to continue progressing, not towards perfection, but towards a deeper reflection of Christ's character.
