1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord's kindness.
I'm sure we've all tasted the Lord's kindness on so many occasions and the Psalmist wrote Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Peter exhorts us to go on from tasting the Lord's kindness to crying out for the nourishment of pure spiritual milk so we grow into mature believers who have the full experience of salvation. That implies that we can stay spiritual babies if we only go so far and no further. Praise God we have our sins forgiven, we're on our way to Heaven, but forget to then cry out for further nourishment, more insight.
Peter says go on from there - cry out for this nourishment! If you haven't done any crying out for it lately let me encourage you to. God has so much for us but we have to really want it, we have to have a craving for it. When you crave a bit of chocolate you go and find a bit! Let's develop a craving for God's nourishment which is better than chocolate.😊
So how do we get it? We can ask God for it. Every time we sit with Him and listen through reading His Word, through anointed preaching, prayer, through just sitting quiet and listening we will grow up. Maybe God has some new flavour spiritual chocolate for you to try and 'taste and see that the Lord is good.'
God wants us to grow up spiritually so we get the full experience of His salvation not just a part.
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