I Peter 2:2- As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
A newborn baby is at the mercy of his or her mother. The only way they can relay what is going on inside them is to cry. It is up to their mommy to decipher what the cry means. Pamper changing, uncomfortable, attention, sickness, or fretting is just a few. But most of the time the cry is for this thing that they cannot do without, “milk.” Usually, all hours of the night a baby will wake up the whole house to be fed. I know firsthand! lol.
To grow in our verse above speaks of spiritually increasing. As a baby is totally depended upon their mother to survive in this world—Peter encourages us to have a deep inner desire for the Word of God, so that we may survive and thrive in these turbulent times in which we now live. The Word of God must be our source. It helps us to grow spiritually, as milk helps a baby to eventually develop towards adulthood. When we first came to Christ there was a hunger to know as we could learn about Him. It is this urgency that is typically lost in many Christians.
How about you? Is there an urgent need for biblical truth? Does your soul hunger, cry, and thirst for God’s Word? We cannot grow spiritually without it.