Spiritual Babies Need Milk

Pastor’s are a blessing from God. They are put in place as part of the 5 fold ministry and are meant to help keep you on the straight and narrow path towards God. When someone becomes a christian, they are considered a newborn baby. 1 Peter 2:1-3 states “1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” My devotional today is to meditate on this word and understand its full capacity.

Lets start with verse 1 where it states to rid yourself of malice. What is malice? By definition, it means to desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness. Do you desire to hurt someone physically or emotionally? if so, you are acting in malice. What about deceit or hypocrisy? Do you live one way around friends and act another at church? The bible clearly states this behavior is represented by people living in the flesh and of the world. How about envy…do you wish you had something that someone else has? I think we are all guilty of these desires and behaviors. I know I am.

Since we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, we all need forgiveness. However, in order to grow spiritually in God, we need to rid ourselves of these things. This is not something that just happens overnight. We have to practice ridding ourselves of these things in order for God to take us to the next level spiritually.

I am a sports minded individual so lets look at a sports analogy to help clear this up. Lets say I want to become a better basketball player. The season starts in November and ends in April. What I do from April till November is the most important to my success. If I don’t practice during the off season, I can not expect to improve my skills. The same thing goes for Christians. We cant expect to grow if all we do is attend church every Sunday and then put our bible in the car till next Sunday. We need to practice out faith and sharpen our skills to fight off temptation in order to do it successfully. This is done through prayer, meditation, reading of scriptures, and also hanging out with the right people who can aid us in our growth in Christ.

I hope this message speaks to you and gives you some encouragement and insight on how to become more in tune with what God wants for your life. God Bless.

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