Time To Ditch The Sippy Cup

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 1 Corinthians 3:2

As a infant starts to grow up they go from the breast, to the bottle and on to the sippy cup. From this two handled device for drinking they eventually should progress to a glass. It is all part of development and maturity for the newborn child. 

When you become a Christian you are a ‘babe’ in Christ and at first not ready for solid food. But you eventually have to be weaned from infancy and get some meat into your diet.  You can not or should not want to stay a baby Christian forever similarly parents would do their child a severe injustice if they kept them sucking on a sippy cup and wearing diapers for years and years. 

Are you beyond John 3:16? Once you grow in Christ you should be memorizing many new scriptures to help you with your daily walk with Christ. You should not want to be a babe in Christ but ready to hone your chops and learn to fight the good fight and receive the crown promised to believers upon their death. Babies are cute but they have to grow up. Are you ready grow up in Christ? 

PRAYER: It is easy to let others spoon feed us the scripture by listening to sermons and teaching but I know in order to grow up beyond spiritual babyhood I have to read and study for myself. Help me not be lazy and complacent as I know the enemy is ready to pounce on complacent believers. In Jesus’ name. Amen.