Saturday Night Devotions

I Peter 2:2

    as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

     Often we are called upon to be like children (Matthew 18:3), and here we are encouraged to be like children and crave milk, to “desire the pure milk of the word.”  As a hunger for milk in the life of a newborn is evidence of life and health, so a hunger for God’s Word in the life of a new believer is evidence that they have been truly born again.  Without milk a newborn baby cannot grow, and similarly, without the milk of the Word of God, a new believer cannot grow in his faith.  This is essential for us to understand.  We cannot grow in Christ unless we regularly take in the pure milk of His Word.  Drinking in God’s Word helps us not sin (Psalm 119:11); it makes us wise (Psalm 119:98); it cleanses us (Psalm 119:9), and strengthens us (119:28).  Clearly God’s Word provides us with the spiritual nutrients we need to grow. May this verse rekindle our commitment to our soul’s dietary health and fuel us to maintain a healthy hunger for the milk of God’s Word.