this word is something that automatically brings a few things to your mind. for me…coffee! there are few days or moments that i don’t crave a good cup of black coffee or more than that a caramel machiatto from starbucks!! and that is just one of a few cravings that i have. but this word came up in my last class as i had to memorize verses and specifically first peter 2:2.
like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. (NLT)
molly is not what i would consider newborn now that she is 6 months old, but i can still remember when she was just days or even hours old and how she would cry every time she was hungry. in fact, we were fortunate, in that this was pretty much the only time that she would cry. but here was this baby that couldn’t walk, talk, or care for herself in any way. yet she had a craving and was more than able to let you know when she was in need of fulfilling that craving!!!
and as i read through this verse and memorized it i kept thinking about his and asking myself whether this was true of me or not. do i crave pure spiritual milk, not some substitute, but pure. do i crave for God’s Word and what it has for me. and is it like molly’s craving, needing to be fulfilled every two to four hours. it there a longing in my life, to learn more of Who God is and what He has for me, that has to be fulfilled or i just can’t stand it.
for me it’s easier to spend time in “prayer” which is, at times, me giving God my want list that He is more than aware of already. it takes more time and effort to dig in to God’s Word and allow it to sink in. i not only have to read it, but study it, meditate on it, and allow God to speak to me through it. and if i can be honest here, this takes time… a lot of time… i’m not the sharpest tool in the shed!
then to continue on it takes humility and courage to allow it to change my life, or for me to “grow up” as it said. but i would like to revisit this again in the next day or two and consider the second half of that verse. soooooooo, please check back. i promise to have something posted by the weekend!?
