Are you Mature?

Hebrews 5:14 NIV:
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Can you handle the constant pressures that the world and its standards bring? Can you bear the burdens of the ever-shifting sands of the world and its priorities? Today's passage seeks us to honestly assess ourselves in the light of the real truth and know where we stand.
How much of God's Word do you know? How much of his Word have you hid in your heart? How much of his Word can you call upon in times of stress and trouble, knowing that his Word is true and will help? How prepared are you to face the challenges that the world will bring your way?
Remember, it is not when the troubles come that you will know what to do; your convictions are built on a daily basis through the decisions you make daily and the steps you take on a daily basis. If you compromise standards in the face of the slightest pressure or you just go with the flow on every issue, how does God trust you to handle higher responsibilities? If you do not have standards to maintain or uphold, how does God determine the contents of your heart or the texture of your character? If you rise and fall with every wave of doctrine that you hear, how do you even know, understand and uphold the truth?
God is calling us to move beyond the milk into the meat of his Word. God desires that we grow beyond dependence on any man into total dependence on Him. He alone can sustain and uphold us; we just must attach ourselves to Him and let his Word lead. It is by constant behaviour that we get better at doing something; and it is by constant exposure to God's Word that our lives get better and have meaning.
Seek His Word today; seek his will, purpose and instructions. That is the way to true growth and independence, and the only way to make meaningful impact for him. His time of favour is here.