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Is your faith a forgery of someone else’s faith? 

Sometimes, life forces us to get a little more mature. But most of the time, our maturity is up to us. Today, let’s dig deep into spiritual maturity. What’s that? 

Spiritual maturity isn’t really that different from any other maturity, except it deals specifically with our faith. The Bible actually has some cool verses that help us understand this. Just like how babies need milk before they can eat real food, we need spiritual “milk” before we can digest spiritual “meat.” Hold up. We don’t mean that there’s real milk you get from the Bible. That’d be super weird and gross. 

But, we do have to understand some of the basics of our faith before we can understand some of the more complicated stuff. That’s where spiritual maturity comes in. Spiritual maturity isn’t just hearing about God, but spending time with Him for yourself. 

If you’re spiritually immature, then your faith may not be your own. You may be copying someone else’s faith. Check out Quizman’s video for more about that. 

Ouch. Is your faith a forgery of someone else’s faith? Another way to ask that is this—is your faith real? Or are you just doing what people tell you to do? 

Again, that’s where spiritual maturity comes in. When you first hear about God, someone has to tell you about Him. But then, you’ve got to scratch below the surface yourself. Spiritual immaturity looks like hearing about God from other people without reading the Bible yourself. But, spiritual maturity looks like reading the Bible for yourself, praying to God yourself, and growing your relationship with God because you want to, not because anyone’s forcing you to. 

You can gain spiritual maturity the same way you become mature in other areas of your life. You’ve got to put in some work and practice. But spiritual maturity leads to spiritual growth, and that’s always worth the work. To be spiritually mature, start owning your own faith. Ask your parents or leaders questions when you don’t understand something at church or in the Bible. Spend time with God through reading His Word, praying to Him, journaling, worshiping, or making time to be still and listen to Him. 

Once you start developing spiritually, you get a stronger relationship with God, which is good because just as you can’t grow if you only drink milk and nothing else, you can’t grow spiritually if you don’t spend any time with God. So, make your faith your own—not a forged faith.