And I quote...

"The maturity of a Christian experience cannot be reached in a moment, but is the result of the work  of God's Holy Spirit, who, by His energizing power, causes us to grow up into Christ in all things. And we cannot hope to reach this maturity in any way other than by yielding ourselves up, utterly and willingly, to His mighty working."

-Hannah Whitehall Smith, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life