1 Peter 2:1-3 -- On Growing in the Word

"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious."
1 Peter 2:1-3


Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves in the gospel, and in life, thinking that we're a little more advanced than we are and that we can handle it all as adults. However, just as God told Hyrum Smith in D&C 11 to "wait a little longer" (verse 16) and to "first seek to obtain my word" (verse 21), sometimes we need to remember that we are commanded to become as little children (Matthew 18:3), and emphasize humility and obedience before we move on to teaching or trying to guide others.

Today, let's read and listen to God's word. Let's seek to incorporate it into ourselves and into all that we do and become more like Christ, so that when we are ready to go out as representatives of him on whatever level, we don't fall on our faces and set a bad example, but be humble enough to realize that we're very far from walking on water ourselves and that we need to learn a massive amount about God and the Spirit before we grow up into spiritual adulthood. And that's okay. Let's take our time and first make sure that we are able to walk before we try to run.