Monday – A Hungry Baby
Focus Passage: Hebrews 5:11-13
Read: 1 Corinthians 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:2; Ephesians 4:11-15
Our daughter has always been a good eater. When she was old enough to begin to eat baby food, we determined that she would get a balanced diet, including fruits and vegetables. As you might expect, she liked eating any kind of fruit we gave her and, amazingly, she also ate vegetables well. Like I said, we never had trouble getting her to eat. When we fed her fruit, she would open her mouth between bites. If the next bite wasn’t fast enough, she would begin to make noises. The memory of her in her highchair, mouth open, legs kicking, and a tantrum coming while my wife hurried to get another jar of baby food open still makes me laugh. What a sight! It was obvious that our little baby would be growing quickly. Now she’s in middle school. She frequently says she’s hungry, but not for baby food.
When we were spiritual babies, most of us craved the food that would help us learn and grow…spiritual milk, the basics of our faith. As we grow, if we grow, we need to move on to solid spiritual food and begin to teach others the foundations of our faith.
1. Think about the time since you committed your life to Christ. In what ways have you grown toward maturity in Christ and are eating solid food?
2. There are probably times of little or no growth. What caused that to happen?
3. What can you do to avoid things that stunt your growth to continue to move into deeper things of God and your relationship with Him?
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