The Right Kind of Craving

 

“…crave pure spiritual milk…”

—1 Peter 2:2b

Most people, from time to time, develop a craving for one thing or another. Perhaps they crave adventure. Maybe they crave a particular dessert. Possibly they crave travel, or a particular sport, or the opportunity to fellowship with a close friend, or time to just do what they want to do.

Newly born babies are very insistent in their craving for food, a clean diaper, or the loving cuddle from a parent.

The Apostle Peter urged Christians to crave pure spiritual food, when he wrote these words in 1 Peter 2:2-3:

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

My question for us at the beginning of this new day: Do we crave pure spiritual food? Do we delight in spending time reading God’s Word and in talking to God in prayer?

Because we have tasted of the blessings of an intimate fellowship with God through His Son, Jesus, and found that relationship is good, do we desire an even closer relationship with Him.

In the hustle and bustle of this new day, let us follow our craving for intimacy with God. Let us read our Bibles and pray. Let us allow the Holy Spirit to fill our lives full-to-overflowing with God's choicest blessings.

Then, let us share the joy of feeding on the pure milk of God’s Word with others. Let us always be willing to tell others the source of the hope that resides within us.

 

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