The test of Christian maturity you’ll inevitably face

Do you need to know all the details?

I can think of a number of occasions when the details of a situation have not been shared with everyone.

Everyone in a family doesn’t need to know about what is happening within a marriage.

The children shouldn’t know every detail of their parents lives.

The congregation shouldn’t know every detail that plays out behind-the-scenes.

People don’t need to hear about the mental health issues of their staff members.

Some issues should remain private.

A good indicator of your Christian maturity will be not knowing. And, inevitably, you’ll be in a situation when you don’t know…

Because you don’t need to know all the details.

Sometimes, not knowing is because it’s none of your business.

You need to be ok with that.

Sometimes, not knowing is because the leadership of the church has handled it internally - with appropriate checks-amd-balances. 

You need to trust them.

Sometimes, not knowing is because letting certain information out - whilst involving nothing illegal - will harm others physically or emotionally.

A mature Christian… a mature adult… will understand this.

A child will struggle with it…