Keep Growing By The Word
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe (Hebrews 5:13).
Hebrews 5:12 says, “For when for the time ye
ought to be teachers, ye have need that one
teach you again which be the first principles of the
oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat.” Growing up spiritually
requires that you feed on God’s Word, for the Word
is meat (spiritual food) indeed. 1 Peter 2:2 affirms this;
it says, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow thereby.”
There was a time when you lived off milk as a
child, but you got to a stage when you had to stop
relying on only milk for nourishment. That’s how it is
with God’s Word. You start with the sincere milk (the
simple truth) of the Word, but you don’t remain there;
you progress to the “strong meat” of the Word. Strong
meat is for those who are of full age; they’ve come to
maturity in Christ (Hebrews 5:14).
For example, to the spiritual babe, we may
say, “God is going to heal you”; that’s because he’s
unskilled in the Word of righteousness. The spiritually
matured knows better; he lives in divine health; he’s
not “waiting” on God for healing. He knows how
to use the Word, and live in the Word. He uses the
Word to subdue circumstances and prevail against adversities.
Become mature in the things of the Spirit and in
the Kingdom of God; that’s God’s dream for you. He
said in Ephesians 4:13, “Till we all come in the unity
of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of
the fulness of Christ.” True spiritual maturity is yielding
yourself to be trained by the Word of God, and living
above the senses. To remain a baby spiritually is to
cheat oneself and not enjoy God’s best.
The Bible says, “…the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of
all” (Galatians 4:1). This simply means the one who’s
spiritually immature can’t walk in his inheritance, his
rights and privileges in Christ. So, keep growing in,
and by the Word, and enjoy the greater glories and
treasures of Christ.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word, which is effectual in me,
producing excellence and glory. I’m positioned for the triumphant
life through the Word, with circumstances aligning with your
purpose and destiny for me, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study
Matthew 4:4; James 1:22; 1 Corinthians 13:11
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Jeremiah 31-32
titus 3:1-15
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
James 4:1-16
ezekiel 30