Yesterday’s appointment at the chiropractor wasn’t a fun one. Typically, one of my favorite times of the month is when I go in for my monthly alignment. Last month, something didn’t feel right. As the doctor and I discussed the situation from the previous appointment, he discovered that the other doctor never gave me the next step of exercises. I was faithfully doing the stretch exercises I was given long ago; however, I was supposed to receive core exercises thereafter, exercises that would get me to the next level. Without having the core exercises, my weak joint continues to give me great problems.
Just like I needed to go from the basic stretch exercises to core exercises, so we as followers of Christ, are not to just stay stuck on the basics of our faith. There is a time for spiritual milk, and then there’s a time when we are able to have solid food. If we stay milk drinkers, never attempting to take a bite of the solid food, we will never get to where we are meant to be, nor will we grow into who we are meant to be, because we will be stuck. Solid food is for the mature (Hebrews 5:14).
Remember friends, you are a child of God. By faith in Jesus Christ, not only are you a child of God, but you have the Spirit of God within you. That being said, you have the option to continue drinking the basics of Christianity, or to continue to grow. The Psalmist speaks about a desire for God, as he says, “Earnestly I seek You; I thirst for You, my whole being longs for You” (Psalm 63:1 NIV). This is the thirst we should always have in our walk. In 1 Peter 2:2, we read of the importance to long for, to crave pure spiritual milk. We can note that there is a time for milk, and a time for solid food (1 Corinthians 3:2). Today, consider where you are at with your walk. Ask the Spirit to reveal to you if you need a refreshing of spiritual milk, or if you should be moving on to some solid food. May He continue to break you, mold you, and continue to reveal Himself to you.
Tania Gutekunst 