Maturity & Genuinity

I'm often discouraged when I see Christians who are more mature and wise in my faith. At points it has even made me doubt my own faith, as I look at them and wonder why I am not like them. If I love Jesus, just like they do, why am I not like them? Why do I still struggle with things I have never seen them struggle with.

HOWEVER, I have come to a conclusion; if a person is less mature or less wise then another, does that make them any less of a person? NO, in my mind, the same is true of Christians. If one is less mature then others it doesn't make them any less of a Christian. God doesn't require maturity, He doesn't require anything. I don't need maturity or wisdom, all I need to do is trust God, and love God.

Something that I also feel discouraged by, is when someone makes a long & beautiful prayer and all I can say is; You are amazing God. And my prayer suddenly seems worse. Not as worthy. BUT God doesn't care about the words I say, he cares about the sincerity of my prayer. Both of us can be sincere, and genuine in our prayer. I can be just as genuine in my 4 words compared to their 5 minute prayer.

I also feel as though the temptation for the person with the long prayer is there to pray for man's eyes and not God's. The temptation is there for them to be working to receive praise for their prayer, and for people to think 'You're such a great Christian.'

God doesn't care about length, or beauty in our prayer; wisdom or maturity in our Christian walk (while they are great attributes.) He cares about genuinity & sincerity of our prayer; trust & love in our Christian walk.

Side note: genuinity is not a word, I use it because it fits and sounds cooler than genuineness.