Maturity is learning when morality provides the unshakable boundary and when wisdom provides the adaptable strategy. Together, they cultivate both faithfulness and unity.

It’s the difference between forming a gripe group and forming a movement.

In both business and ministry, there’s a subtle temptation that creeps in once something begins to grow. What started with risk, prayer, sweat, and faith often shifts into a mode of management. Instead of pressing forward in the first principles that birthed the growth, we begin to protect outcomes, maintain structures, and preserve legacies.

We’ve all been there—lying awake at night, replaying the “what ifs” of tomorrow, haunted by fears of what’s ahead. The future can feel crushing when all we can see are the shadows of suffering and uncertainty.