What does a mature Christian look like? What does an immature Christian look like? Read through Ephesians 4 to find some things Paul brought out about this subject.
Read verses 11-16 again. How is the body to grow?
Ideally, as Christians are brought up from babies to maturity, they will be able to contribute to the growth of others. But what happens when that cycle is broken? What if not enough mature Christians aren't making more mature Christians to build up a new generation of mature Christians, and so on?
We get a lot of children being tossed about on the winds of various teachings--just like we have today.
Meditation:
Take some time in the coming days to meditate on these verses and others God leads you to. What is God telling you?
Do you need to seek help in moving from being a baby Christian?
Is there a position of influence you have been given from which you can begin to build up those who are less mature?
How can you use the talents you have been given to fulfill the second half of verse 16?