Being a "mature" Christian is hard because I don't really struggle much if at all with drunkeness, blasphemy, lust, murder, theft, sloth, anger etc... you know the obvious ones. But then I think its the not so obvious sins that are really detrimental to my spiritual health. I want to be better.
I want to be good enough really. A good enough Christian, a good enough leader, a good enough friend, a good enough brother, son, employee, student, servant etc. And on the surface thats not a bad thing. I should strive to be better at all of those. But I realized the folly comes in the difference between being good enough and being better.
Better implies theres room for improvement. Thats cool, it is true. But being good enough sets a goal and that goal will most definitely fall short of our calling, since if we are to have a goal it should be Christ. But the most important thing is that I am no where near the goal. And because I fall short, I need to strive and work, not suffocating the Spirit's work in me, so that while I'll never be good enough, never be like Christ, at least God may say to me when I come face to face, "well done my good and faithful servant."
My purpose isn't to be good enough but show the world that He is, and more. I want to be obedient and loving enough to do that. That means I may not be the best Christian, leader, friend, brother, son, employee, student but that everything that is good in those things are attributed to God so that He is given the glory for actually being the best.
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