The great Chassidic rabbi Zusya said, “When I get to heaven, I know God's not going to ask me 'Why weren't you more like Moses?' or 'Why weren't you more like King David?' God will ask, 'Zusya, why weren't you more like Zusya?’” This is what Paul is getting at in Ephesians 4.

God gifted you intricately and uniquely, unlike anybody else. Faith in Christ is not separate from your desires, your gifts, and your personality. In fact, growing as a Christian is about zeroing in on the fullest version of you and joining that to God’s work in the world through the church. Paul says, “God’s goal is for us to become mature adults — to be fully grown.” Maturing as a follower of Jesus means becoming fully yourself.

What makes you you? Is it your anger at injustice, your beautiful art, your desire to grieve with others, your intellect, your gift for communicating? In the body of Christ that we build together, there’s a place for everything that you are and are becoming.

by Blake Tommey from d365.org