Pursuit Of His Presence

Hebrews 5:12-14 

12 For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God's Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food.

13 For everyone who continues to feed on milk is obviously inexperienced and unskilled in the doctrine of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action), for he is a mere infant [not able to talk yet]!

14 But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

 

 

Devotional

Never Play Fair!

by Kenneth Copeland

“For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Hebrews 5:13-14
Look at those verses again. How do they say to bring your senses in line? First by becoming skillful in the word of righteousness, and second, by reason of use, or practice.
You have to practice walking in the things of the Spirit. Practice walking by faith. Practice walking in love. Practice, practice, practice!
At first, your flesh will rebel against it. Since it’s not been trained that way, it will be contrary for a while. Some people don’t realize that, therefore, they get discouraged when they stumble around and fall the first few times they try to walk by the Spirit in some area.
Don’t be that way. Keep practicing. Pick out someone who is difficult to love and start practicing on him. If you strike out the first time, don’t worry about it. There are more than three strikes in this game. You just keep swinging until you hit.
Someone once asked me, “Don’t you ever have any failures?”