READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL KEEP GROWING BY THE WORD - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2016
For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness:
for he is a babe (Hebrews 5:13).
Hebrews 5:12 says, “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye
have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles
of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”
Growing up spiritually requires that you feed on God’s Word, for the Word is
meat (spiritual food) indeed. 1 Peter 2:2 affirms this; it says, “As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.”
There was a time when you lived off milk as a child, but you got to a
stage when you had to stop relying on only milk for nourishment. That’s how it
is with God’s Word. You start with the sincere milk (the simple truth) of the
Word, but you don’t remain there; you progress to the “strong meat” of the
Word. Strong meat is for those who are of full age; they’ve come to maturity in
Christ (Hebrews 5:14).
For example, to the spiritual babe, we may say, “God is going to heal
you”; that’s because he’s unskilled in the Word of righteousness. The
spiritually matured knows better; he lives in divine health; he’s not “waiting”
on God for healing. He knows how to use the Word, and live in the Word. He uses
the Word to subdue circumstances and prevail against adversities.
Become mature in the things of the Spirit and in the Kingdom of God;
that’s God’s dream for you. He said in Ephesians 4:13, “Till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” True spiritual
maturity is yielding yourself to be trained by the Word of God, and living
above the senses. To remain a baby spiritually is to cheat oneself and not
enjoy God’s best.
The Bible says, “...the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth
nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all” (Galatians 4:1). This simply
means the one who’s spiritually immature can’t walk in his inheritance, his
rights and privileges in Christ. So, keep growing in, and by the Word, and
enjoy the greater glories and treasures of Christ.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word, which is effectual in me,
producing excellence and glory. I’m positioned for the triumphant life through
the Word, with circumstances aligning with your purpose and destiny for me, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study:
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
your own selves.
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood
as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish
things.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN Titus 3:1-15 Jeremiah 31-32 2-YEAR BIBLE
READING PLAN James 4:1-16 Ezekiel 30
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