Hebrews 5:12 (AMP)
For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God’s Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food.
The “Roller Coaster Christian”. One day you’re on a Holy Ghost high-the next you’re struggling to open your Bible. Been there. Done that. Bought the t-shirt. As a matter of fact I’m going through a valley experience right now for many reasons.
How can you get out of this situation and reach that high mountain in God? Go back to the basics! Remember the slogan: Milk does a body good. If they only knew the Bible deemed that slogan long before our advertisers today were even born!
The passage here in Hebrews spoke to me this morning. I am a firm believer that we have never “arrived”; there is always more to learn in life. My Pastor always teaches us that once you learn something it’s time to teach someone else. You may not be a theologian, but when you have been taught something scripturally it is time for you to teach someone else. Well, this scripture in Hebrews tells us that we are sometimes at a point where we SHOULD be teaching others, but what we really need is for someone to teach US basic principles again!
When might this happen in our lives, or more importantly, why? It may be because we have strayed away from God’s will for our lives. It may be because we have stepped off of the solid rock (Jesus Christ) and onto some other “foundation”. One of my and my father’s favorite quotes is, “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” Are you standing for the gospel of Jesus Christ, or are you falling for every little religion that pops up in our world today. It may be time for some milk…
As for me, it’s time for me to refocus. I spend the majority of my time working. Anything that consumes your life is an idol, and we know that God does not like when we set up idols in our lives. Work may have become an idol for me-something I do more than spending time with God. It’s time for me to get back to basics. I need to fill up on some of that good wholesome milk and get back to the place where I’m eating solid food again.
Have some milk today.
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Kari L. Brown offers coaching/mentoring to students struggling with success and maintaining a personal relationship with God. For more information visit www.karilbrown.com.
