Brace yourself if
you can’t handle meat of God’s Word,
And if only ‘the milk of The Word’ feeds your soul.
Whether it’s milk
or meat, it’s ALL GOOD and nourishes. 1
But I must admit my mind and heart are disturbed,
When by babes on milk,
meat eaters are not extoled,
But are encouraged
to return to milk practices.
Might those on milk
do good to recall,
The times in The
Gospels when Jesus exclaimed,
‘O ye of little faith!’, to those who disbelieved,
And how by ‘great
faith’ He was enthralled?
On one occasion His
disciples were shamed:
‘Where is
your faith?!’ -- worse than
faith that underachieved. 2
Pulling meat eaters
down to lower levels of faith,
May merely be a
sign of deception,
Or possibly just
simple jealousy.
It’s essentially
just the result of devils play.
If it is great
faith that you envision,
By babes, you may
be received …jeeringly. 3
God’s Word says, ‘By bread alone man shall not live,
But by every
Word of The Lord.’ 4
Receiving this as
both a command and promise,
Means in your life,
His Word will be conclusive.
If to His Word
you’re tightly moored,
Then you will aim
for great faith, based on this premise.
Too many focus on
what they don’t believe,
And thus we edit those things out of The Bible.
This is just like
dissecting a precious gift!
By this, imagine
how God’s heart must be grieved.
If God’s Good News
is much more than the Gospels,
Then nothing that’s good therein deserves
short shrift.
Born in America, I
became a citizen,
With all the rights,
privileges and responsibilities.
Of these, what
could I exercise before I grew?
Re-born in Christ,
I am a citizen of Heaven,
Though I’m still learning
to conquer sinful proclivities,
Jesus said, ‘The Kingdom of God is within you.’ 5
In teaching His
disciples to pray, Jesus concluded,
‘For Thine
is The Kingdom, power and glory forever.’ 6
Indeed, to God
Almighty, all things belong,
This prayer was before to us righteousness was credited.
God’s now pleased
when I say, ‘Mine is The Kingdom,
forever!’
What’s more, to me
power and glory belong! 7
Don’t expect an
apology when I aim for great faith.
I won’t seek an
apology if you linger on milk.
In His Grace, God
will respect both our choices.
Just be satisfied
with His food you have put on your plate.
When the milk you
eat begins to make your spirit’s strength wilt,
Try meat. Become one of God’s great
faith voices.
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1 …you have come to need milk and not
solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled
in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food
belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by
reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and
evil. (Hebrews 5:12-14) …as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word,
that you may grow thereby… (1 Peter
2:2)
2 See: Luke 8:25
3 See: Matthew 9:24, Nehemiah 2:19 and 2 Chronicles 36:16
4 See: Deuteronomy
8:23, Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4
5 See: Luke 17:21
6 And the glory which You gave Me I
have given them, that they may be one just as We are one… (John 17:22) See also: Matthew 6:13
7 To God be ALL glory? No, not quite
because He quite benevolently gives glory to you and me. Surprised? There
is not only ‘Glory@End-of-My-Story’ because Jesus is keenly interested in
sharing glory with us in-the-NOW!!! How awesome! See: John
17:22, 2 Corinthians 3:18 and 4:6-7, Ephesians 1:18, Hebrews 2:7-10, 1 Peter 4:14. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you The Kingdom. (Luke 12:32)
