Become Mature And Attain The Whole Measure Of The Fullness Of Christ

Following Jesus is a HIGH calling! Not only are we to become mature, but here are two more phrases that feel exaggerated: “the whole measure” and “the fullness of Christ.”

Seriously?

Paul, in ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4:13, expects us to “all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”

Not just worship leaders.
Not just worship team members.
Not just techs.
Not just pastors.

Every. Single. Follower. Of. Christ. = Mature, Whole Measure, Fullness of Christ.

How in the WORLD are we supposed to do THAT?!? What if we’d shoot for that as our standard for our worship teams?

Let’s walk through each one.

Mature
“In full bloom,” one of the dictionary definitions says it. I love that picture because it describes beauty, fruitfulness, usefulness, and fragrance. It’s not a knock if you’re not mature. None of us start there!

But let’s not stay there. Many of us have gotten comfortable being immature.

Did you gloss over that last phrase, or did it stop you in your tracks?

The Whole Measure
What many of us have experienced is about a single cup-worth of God, when what’s available to us, is more like a loader bucket, like 76,759 cups.

I want us to think bigger about what God has for us and is for us. Curiously search the scriptures to see the measure He uses. Find places where measurements are given and ask the Holy Spirit to show you how it may apply to knowing Him more.

The Fullness of Christ
This word plērōma (fullness) is described in Strongs Exhaustive Concordance as “that which is filled with the presence, power, agency, riches of God and of Christ.”

Whoa!

The presence, the power, the agency, and the riches of God and of Christ. This makes me want to pray for the fullness! Does it to you?

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If this feels like too high of a bar to set for your team as a worship leader, back up one verse that reads, “Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”

Rewritten for a worship leader, it reads, “As a worship leader, your responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”

-Dave Helmuth
(purchase my book, "Worship Fertilizer: (the first hundred)" HERE)

Become Mature And Attain The Whole Measure Of The Fullness Of Christ (Nº 288)