Properly Placed - Spiritual Maturity

You cannot be properly placed in the body of Christ if you are not first ,connected to a pastor in a local church.

Ephesians 4:11-15;Matthew 11:28; Isaiah 1:18;Esther 2:8-17;2 Corinthians 4:7

Dear Friend,

God has called each one of us to perform specific functions in the body and also in the world. For as the body is one and has many members, ‘but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.’ And God has appointed apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers as gifts in the body. A gift is to anyone who is ready to receive. God has given them the grace for them ;
To equip us for successful Christian living
Equip us for the role each of us has to play in the body of Christ or local church
And also to make the whole body strong by making each member strong

Ministry gifts possess the grace from God to properly place the saints .Thus, when you are not first connected to a pastor in a local church you are placed in danger of not being properly placed. Those who hop from church to church are disjointed and disconnected and thus cannot be fruitful.

To be properly fitted for ministry implies change. Esther was called to be queen in a foreign land but she had to go through preparation under supervision. She had to be worked at and made to fit properly where she belonged. Someone who knew the king had to teach and train her on how to please the King. These gifted individuals, the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher fit the misfits, physically abused, spiritually dead to be ready and prepared for the Lord. These gifts are men and women just like us, but God uses imperfect people to train imperfect people to do a perfect work so that God alone will be glorified. These gifts are in earthen vessels. They are not flawless. Whether you like them or not they have what you need to be successful in life. Connect with them through the pastor assigned for your life. Your help from God is in them.
When gifted leaders know the grace of God on their lives they can build any body into spiritual maturity, becoming like Christ.
They do not assume but raise people into a belief system based on the word and not based on feelings ,traditions and the media.
They also raise us to become spiritually matured by feeding us the word so that we no longer become children tossed about by every challenge that comes our way. Therefore we become very productive and matured in loving and strengthening one another. The word of God can change our mind ,will ,and emotion so we can embrace thoughts of God and become matured in our approach towards life.

God wants us to come to maturity, however maturity will come only to those who receive the diverse ministrations of the ministry gifts He has placed in the body and become diligent in adhering to the instructions they give. When we embrace the word they preach or teach under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and become doers of it we become mature with time. And God will give us our full inheritance to enjoy here on earth ,according to Galatians chapter 4.:1-7. When we become matured, being able to love God with all our heart our soul and strength and neighbor as our selves ,then our coordinated function works together for our good.

Connect with your God ordained pastor right now and allow yourself to be properly placed in a local assembly. Yield to the workings of the Lord through these gifted individuals and let them use the grace on their lives to work on you till you become fitted in your God ordained place. Once you submit to the these gifts , the grace of God flows from them into your life to enable you to abound in every good work.