Scripture:
When babies are born they are fed milk. The best milk is the milk from the mother. As the baby grows eventually watered down juice is added to the menu. Eventually babies are introduced to baby food. First they are introduced to cereals. Not knowing what to buy at first I would eventually end up calling Nancy when shopping for baby food. Eventually babies move from the cereals to the food in the jars. Once again I wouldn't always know what to buy. After all there are fruits, vegetables, meat, or mixed. There was stage one, two and three... No the baby doesn't like meat or doesn't like greens. They all pretty much loved fruit though. Truth be told there were some that I thought tasted good. As the baby continues to grow they move from stage one food to stage two and eventually three. it seemed thought that ours never really liked stage three. They would move onto regular food instead.
Being a Christian is much the same way. We have to start out small. We are on the milk and the best milk is that from the Holy Spirit. As we grow our Christian diet changes and matures. As we feed upon the word of God we move from basics to deep theological concepts and beliefs. As children we learn songs like This Little Light Of Mine, or Jesus Loves Me. We are taught simple bible stories. As adults our studies go deeper and more involved. We dig into the concept of the Trinity and what the meanings are behind the beatitudes. We pour over lines of scripture for better understanding. We have debates over baptism and revelations.
We must grow and feed upon the more nurturing foods of the spirit. We can read books besides the Bible to help us grow and understand God's word. Lately I have found tremendous help in listening to past sermons from my pastor. Another way to help grow is surrounding ourselves with fellow Christians. We can encourage one another and hold each other accountable. We need to help one another to continue to grow. We must help infant Christians grow into mature ones...
Prayer:
God our Father in heaven help us to grow from infant Christians to mature ones. Fill us with your Holy Spirit so that we will get the nourishment we need in order to grow. Help us to feed others around us...
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