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Size It Up Part 2

So we’re sizing up God’s Word. It’s a fire. It’s a sword. It’s a hammer. It’s also a seed. Turn to 1 Peter 1:23 which says, “You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.” Jesus told parables about the Word of God being a seed. And Peter is repeating that here. The Bible has satisfied the greatest minds in human history. We’re not even capable of framing questions the Bible doesn’t answer. It is so far beyond us. That’s why it’s called a seed. It appears small, but we know what power a little seed has in its potential, and how it can grow, multiply, and spread. It’s a wonderful picture God has given us in His Word. It’s a seed. It starts small. It needs good soil. It takes time. But it produces good food.

God’s Word is milk. Infants need milk, and a lot of it. Just milk. Nothing but milk. And the Scriptures say in 1 Peter 2:2 (above), we are to be like that in regard to the Scriptures. If you are a young believer, like a baby needs milk, you need the Word of God. You need it so desperately. You ought to wake up and cry out for the Word of God. Not once a day, but several times a day. Just like a baby’s body needs milk, so a new Christian’s soul needs the Word of God.

God’s Word is meat too. Hebrews 5:14 says, “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Some have never graduated from milk to meat. But it’s satisfying and very nourishing. Most of us need to improve our health spiritually by digging deeply into God’s Word.

Prayer – Father, thank You for the food of Your Word. Help me to feed on it daily as it helps me grow into the person You created me to be. Thank You that it satisfies all my needs. In Jesus’ name, Amen.