DON'T you think one of the most important things in this life is our food? It helps to grow strong healthy bodies so that we can earn our living, take care of our loved ones and enjoy all the blessings God has given us.
Not long ago, I was very much interested in watching two geranium plants grow. They were about the same size when planted. They were put in a south window where they had sun most of the day, and they were both watered carefully. It wasn't long before one began to show tiny new leaves. After a few more days a lonely bud appeared which gave promise of rewarding the owner with a beautiful blossom, for all the trouble taken to raise the plant.
But all this time, the other plant, under the same sunlight, and the same care, had not grown at all. It was still the same little plant, just living, but not growing.
Does it not make one think of young Christians—all under the same light, the same blessings, the same tender care God gives all His children? Some grow so well, bearing fruit and testimony to God and thereby glorifying Him; while others we know, are Christians, yet they never seem to grow in the truth.
Isn't this because they do not make proper use of the food God has given them? He has given us His Word, and if we do not feed on it and assimilate it, our spiritual life will not grow.
It is a solemn thing to know that God holds us responsible to use what He has given us, for He has supplied all that is necessary for our spiritual growth.
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Tim. 3:16, 1716All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Timothy 3:16‑17).
Messages of God’s Love 12/4/1932