Avoiding the Washing Machine

I was reading in Eph 4.13-14 today and was struck by the word that Paul used which is translated "tossed to and fro by the waves (κλυδωνίζομαι)." It's a good translation of this passage and brings to mind body-surfing in L. A. when I was a kid. You would get caught in one of the waves and flipped over and over, sometimes so badly that you didn't know which way was up for awhile. We called it, "being in the washing machine." It was a terrifying experience as a kid. The aim of Christian maturity is that one is not dumped into a crisis of faith every time one hears—as Paul puts it—every wind of doctrine. May we grow to maturity so that we can withstand the inevitable attacks that come against the teachings of Scripture.