As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word that you may grow thereby. -1 Peter 2:2-
Having my daughter and her newborn twins living with me over the past 11 months has given me a new appreciation and understanding for this scripture. Peter, in this verse describes the attitude of a newborn baby. Those two little precious jewels would go after that milk like it was nobody’s business. 11 months later as my daughter begins to wean them they are still crabbing for their milk bottles.
What Peter is expressing to us, is that we likewise, are to grab for the Word of God. Babies have to have milk to sustain their life physically, just as we have to have the scriptures to sustain our life spiritually. When babies are first born they need milk every 3 to 4 hours a day.
Peter is saying that we should have that same attitude when it comes to the Word of God for our lives. We are to crave the spiritual milk of God’s word that we may grow thereby. Understanding babies don’t arrive desiring milk but once they’ve tasted it, they long for it. We too must first acquire a taste for the Word, by tasting and delighting in it.
The reason we are to desire the sincere milk of God’s word is not only that we might know but that we might grow (being conformed to the image of His Dear Son). There is no spiritual growth apart from the Word of God. So inquire and desire the pure milk of God’s Word.
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