Discontinue Nursing

 



Nursing is not new. The medical community is just recommending what God has already set in place.  All the nutrients and calories needed for growth are in breast milk which is easily digested, contains antibodies to fight viruses and bacteria, decreases the infant’s risk of asthma and allergies and limits bouts of diarrhea.  If the mother and baby find nursing difficult, formula is designed to simulate breastmilk.  Babies can grow and thrive on formula.  As babies mature, their needs change.  Toddlers no longer need as much milk and certainly do not require night feedings.  Too much milk over an extended period of time can lead to untoward effects such as dental caries, iron deficiency anemia and chronic constipation. Failure to move from milk to meat can ruin a beautiful smile.  What’s worse, it makes it harder to chew and digest solid food.

Hebrews 5:12

¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

How long will we continue as babes in Christ learning the same principles over and over.  Yes, we all have memorized Psalm 23, but what new scriptures have been put to memory?  What kind of time have we put in personal study and meditation?  Are there classes we have passed over, group studies we have ignored and is there a Bible concordance or study Bible in our home?  Are pages tattered and worn or fresh and crisp as the day you bought the book?  Okay, how about a Bible app for the tech savvy Christian?  Spiritual growth occurs when we transition from the milk of the word to the meat.  Some are still nursing what was learned as a child.  Some saints are fighting spiritual decay, anemic prayer lives and constipated ministries unable to move out because of a refusal to dine on meat.  In order to grow, we have to discontinue nursing.  Put down the breast or the bottle and grow.