In talking about drawing our significance and security from Jesus, we are really talking about moving into spiritual and emotional maturity.
Pete Scazzero, who is the founder of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York spent 26 years as pastor there. But, as
time went on, he found himself operating under a growing burden of stress. He was trying to earn his significance by achieving, and his security from what
people thought of him. He was living in the bondage of spiritual and emotional immaturity.
Fortunately God broke through and showed him he needed to stop striving and start appreciating what God has gıven him.
He found that drawing his significance and security from God brought a spiritual maturity that freed him from the fear of man, from the fear of failure, from the endless treadmill
of relying on himself rather than God. He moved into a healthy independence from people and a deeper dependence on God.
Pastor Pete has actually developed a course to lead others into the freedom he found. It is called “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.”
You mıght want to check ıt out. And you might want to move yourself towards emotional and spiritual maturity by focusing on what
Christ has done for you and in you. Start by memorizing Ephesians 1:3-10 and bask in the truth of what Jesus has brought
into your life.
Picture: Jesus gives the humanly unimportant huge significance.
