“Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation…” 1Pe2.2
I drink two kinds of milk everyday, several times a day in fact. I drink dairy milk to satisfy my physical appetite and the pure milk of the Word to quench the appetites of my soul. The Creator has made us soul and body and both need nourishment. Nourishment is needed not only to grow but also because of growth. Am I being redundant? Let me illustrate. Babies have ferocious appetites because of the demands of growing. Milk not only contributes to growth, it is growth itself that increases the hunger for milk. The same is true of course for the soul. Reading and reflecting on the Word will nurture spiritual growth, but growth itself will demand nourishment. A baby is constantly moving and therefore consistently hungry. When a Christian is active in the pursuit of loving God and others, living out that which is life indeed, the soul will demand nourishment, just as the body does after a long hike.
If there is no growth in respect to our salvation there will be no hunger in the soul for spiritual food and vice versa. The demands we place on the body require feeding it several times a day. The same would be true for the active soul. People may have little or no hunger for spiritual food, because they are spiritually inactive. Just as our bodies need a balance of eating and exercising we also need these balances in the soul. Solitude and service are marks of a healthy spiritual life. What is good for children is generally good for adults. We do not outgrow those things needed for growth and growing itself will insure we have a good spiritual appetite. 3/20/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
