For the first few weeks we fed it from a bottle with goat milk and yogurt. As I was feeding this puppy from a bottle and as the puppy grew, I wondered on my own spiritual growth. Moving from the milk to the spiritual meat in God's word.
After a few days I had to start giving our puppy real food - meat - dry dog food soften with the milk and as she started to gobble this up I ended up taking away the bottle milk. At first she didn't want to change from the bottle, I had to spoon feed her the real food to show her how it would satisfy her so much more than the milk. She grew and began to eat her food quicky and soon she didn't need the milk at all.
What is the difference between spiritual milk and spiritual meat? Why do we need the meat, why do we need to grow up? What happens if all we consume of God's word is milk? What does this say about us spiritually if we don't move beyond milk?
If we stay on an all milk diet we may grow but we won't have any muscle. God's word is like that - the more we consume of it the more it changes and strengthens us.
What does spiritual growth look like? What does the Bible say about growth? What does this mean for me?
I don't have all the answers - these are things I am still learning and growing in myself. I have not had all the meat there is from the word.
For our puppy - it meant that once she was laying at deaths door - but the milk revived her and caused her to grow stronger. The meat then caused her to develop and mature. She ended up growing far larger than we ever realized she would.
We don't have the puppy anymore - she has been moved to grow further in a country village. But while she was with us she taught us that true growth comes from the meat in life not the milk. That true growth isn't easy and sometimes requires hard decisions like giving away a beloved puppy so that human relationships can thrive and improve.
What about you? Are you satisfied with the milk or do you want more meat?
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