Milk

It’s fun to watch babies when they get their first taste of food. All they have ever had is milk. Milk does it’s job for awhile but soon a child needs more. We had a baby food grinder and would start out making fruits and vegetables then before long would introduce them to meat. Before you know it a full grown human stands before you fully nourished and ready for life!! Our spiritual life has a similar way about it. When we are first introduced to Jesus and what he did for us we don’t understand in full. We get bits and pieces. Spiritual milk so to speak. 1 Peter 2:2&3 says like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you can grow up in your salvation now that you have tasted and seen that the Lord is good. A newborn, when it tastes food for the first time, will like it and crave more. We should be the same. We find this food in the Bible. At first we may need someone to “feed us” or lead and guide us but at some point we need to start feeding ourselves. Hebrews 5:14 says solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. We cannot forever, just rely on our pastors and teachers to keep spoonfeeding us bits and pieces of God’s word. We must start feeding and caring for our own souls so that we can grow and mature. Daily Bible study, prayer, and fellowship with other believers is vital if we wish to grow to be mature Christ followers. Thank you Lord for your word that gives us food and feeds our soul, making us grow and mature!!
Have a blessed day!!