From Milk to Meat

My All-Knowing God, I rejoice in the fact that You have a plan for my spiritual development and growth.  When I surrendered my life to You, I became a spiritual “newborn” baby wanting to grow in You and learning to walk in new ways.  Drinking milk was all that my new digestive system could handle but my desire for the milk demonstrated a desire to move forward in partaking in Your nature.  From the beginning, I realized the importance of Your Word as a medium for growth and I needed more of it.  Because I came from the world, worldly ways worked hard to keep their hold on me.  I was familiar with the world and the infusion of Your Word caused my delicate system to sometimes react negatively to it.  As I absorbed Your Word, I began to see that I was controlled by my desires instead of Yours.  My conscience was weak causing me some confusion between the ways of the world and Yours.  I had to begin with the most elementary truths which guided me to things that were eternal.

As I became familiar with Your words and Your ways, I moved on to more challenging aspects of who I am in You.  It became natural to feast on the “meat” of Your Word.  As I grew stronger and matured, I found myself aligning with Your desires and Your Word started to make sense.  I found myself moving out of old comfort zones into newness of life.  My shift from milk to meat required discernment of good vs evil and recognition of devices used to seduce me.  As I absorbed Your teachings and put them into use, my capacity to know more and grow more expanded.  You said that Your food was to do the will of Your Father.  To emulate Your behavior, I must receive spiritual nourishment from Bible studies, prayer, going to church, obeying Your commands and following the teachings and guidance of the Holy Spirit. 

Help me never become complacent or satisfied with my efforts to be all I can be for You.  I can’t become satisfied with just getting into Your Kingdom or being a hearer of Your words.  I know that as I dedicate time in Your Word, under the tutoring of the Holy Spirit, I will mature and become a doer of Your Word.  Your desire is not for me to stand on the sidelines wondering if I’ll get into the game  … rather, coming suited up and begging to get onto the field and give it my best.  I need Your help to get past my inadequacies and short comings in order to attain the goals You’ve set for my life.  Milk can no longer sustain me and I seek the nourishment required to become a warrior and ambassador for You.  I don’t want to be a “hanger on” in order to get Your blessings … instead, I want to put forth the effort to grow in my ability to do good.  For I’ve come to realize that Your Kingdom cannot be found in meat nor drink, but righteousness, peace and joy.  And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray.  AMEN!!

Hebrews 5:14 But meat is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.