Desiring The Sincere Milk.

Breast Feeding is very important in the life of a newly born child. All babies need to be breast fed so that they can be healthy, strong  and are less prone to diseases. A baby should be breast fed for like 6 months. Some people do it for 2 or 3 months. If we want our children to be healthy, we need to breast feed them.
However, some mothers are not breast feeding their babies because they think losing  and some dont want to lose their shapes, figure , etc as a result of breast feeding their babies. Hence, they go for baby milk and other baby foods. This is good but the beasts should be used for breast feeding. Some mothers do exclusive for 6 months or less than that. While some do it for some time and make it up with baby milk because of time and their career. A few prefer their career and shape (looking hot) to their babies. They will feed their babies with babies' food but will never breast feed them. All women should breast feed their babies so that they can be strong.

The food a newly born takes is different from the food a teenager and adult take. You can't give yam or snacks to a newly born child. As we grow, there are food and fruits we are advised to take and not to take. When you get to a certain age, you will be advised to stop taking sugary things, red meat, etc because of health reasons and so on. This reminds me of a new babe in Christ or some one who just gave his life to Christ as his lord and saviour. A newly born again christian can be likened to a newly born child who takes milk or who is being breast fed. As a baby grows, the kind of food he eats will change and it will be different from that given to a baby.

1Peter 2:2 says, " As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. (KJV).

As a new born babe, you start by taking the sincere milk of the word. This means that you start by taking milk before moving to solid food because solid food is meant for  the mature in Christ and not babies. This can also be likened to the educational system. Before you get to the university, you must start from nursery, primary, secondary schools. You don't just stand up and say you want to go to the University. All the schools you past through prepares you for the university. So, like wise the milk or the elementary things you learn about Christ and his kingdom prepare you for solid food. A baby starts with crawling, then he tries to stand and he learns how to walk. When he starts walking and becomes strong, then he will start running. There is a process in all of this and it is very important in building a child up. Every stage in the life of a baby is builds him up and prepares him to be strong. You don't give bones to babies to it but the mature.  Bones are meant for the mature, while milk is meant for babies.

1 Cor 3:1&2 says, " 1.And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat:for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. (KJV).

Some Christians are still taking milk after they have been in Christ for years. They still think and behave like babies and the bible calls those people carnal. Also,  a rookie or a new babe in Christ should not be made a leader.  1 Timothy 3:6 says, " He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. (ESV).  Except if God allows it, a new convert should not be made a leader. This is for his own good.
However, both the babes and mature in the lord need to grow daily if they want to finish well and strong. They both need the milk, meat and bone (The Word Of God) that will enable them grow. If you eat good food, you will grow well and become healthy. Your body needs food for it to be nourished. So, you need to eat the word of God daily. You eat consciously and you grow unconsciously. It takes self discipline and sacrifice to study the word, but it is worth it. If you want to grow, you need to feed on the word of God daily. Wilson Ileogben