Where do we find our stability and growth as Christians in the church?

Most often, we'd respond to this question with the correct answer, which is that our stability and growth come from God. But in practice, like the members of the church at Corinth, we too often look for our main stability through human means, primarily through the human leaders and ministers in the church who are with us wherever we choose to worship.

But as we see in the writings of Paul in 1 Corinthians 3, and in the story of Jesus asking his disciples in Matthew 16, "Who do you say that I am?", our chief foundation for stability and growth must come from Jesus Christ. And not just Christ, specifically, but from our faith and confession in the crucified and risen Christ.

Only when our lives are founded upon the rock of this heavenly confession, can Christians and the church ever hope to grow strong and prosper. Human leaders and ministers are definitely a vital part of God's church, but they shouldn't be the source of our ultimate peace and hope as we look to the future.