"like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation," 2:2I know it's a fragment, but just this phrase is what interested me this time around. New born babies don't need to taught to want mother's milk, they have an instinct that longs for it and reaches for it when it is presented to them. When presented with a pacifier they don't take to it instantly, they need to be coaxed and taught, then they finally give up looking for the nourishment and pacify themselves.
I think we have that same longing for a relationship with God. Over time, we're given other things that we don't take to automatically but end up pacifying ourselves with. Or instincts lead us toward Him and that is what we need to follow.
Although I'm not satisfied with my reading of 2:13-20, I do like this one, "Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God." 2:16.
"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." 5:6-7
This reminds me of something I noted in "Zorba the Greek". The author says he was taught about the proper amount of time to take when he was a child. He found a chrysalis with a butterfly just emerging and he was to anxious to wait to watch, so he helped the bug and blew its wings dry only to watch the poor thing struggle and die. We too, need to wait for the proper time. Sometimes the struggle that God has given us is what prepares us to take flight in the next stage of our lives.
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