1 Peter 2:1-3 –1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
In order for us to grow spiritually, we have to die to our sinful nature. It’s tough to do and impossible without God.
What is the idea of a chiropractor? He tries to get your muscles next to your spine to get used to being in a certain position. If it has been awhile since your spine has been in alignment, it can take a few times to train those muscles to be back in alignment. At that time you are to ice your back and get the swelling down and then exercise those muscles making them stronger in the new CORRECT position.
What happens when you get sloppy or neglect your back? Your back out of alignment, in pain and not functioning correctly.
This analogy is the same for your spirit. We need to stay in line with the Spirit of God. Doing all the evil things of your fallen nature tweaks your spirit and keeps you out of alignment with God.
What is spiritual milk? It’s the Word of God. We need to crave it and want it.
We need to train ourselves to practice good habits. If you rid yourself of an old habit, you will replace it with something. If it isn’t a good habit, it will be with another bad one, or you will just fall into the old one you got rid of temporarily.
You won’t grow in God unless you continue to walk towards Him. You’re not walking towards Him, unless you’re trying to rid yourself of the old and filling yourself with the new.
Let’s rid ourselves of the old sinful nature and do our best everyday to start new habits in Him, now that we know the Lord is good.