HEBREWS 5:12-14
Eaglets are fed one to eight times a day. The parents carry prey to the nest to feed their young. They feed their chicks by tearing off pieces of food and holding them to the beaks of the eaglets – feeding them directly.
Eagles will feed their babies directly until the eaglets are five to six weeks old, when the young are able to tear pieces of food off and feed themselves – one of their first survival lessons.
As they grow older, they not only feed themselves, but become hunters of preys.
The author of Hebrews spoke of a problem. Certain people in the church were not growing spiritually. They had not learned to distinguish between good and evil (Hebrews 5:14). Like the eaglet, they still needed to be fed by someone else when they should have been feeding not only themselves but others as well (verse 12).
While receiving spiritual food from preachers and teachers is fine, spiritual growth and survival also depend on knowing how to feed ourselves with the solid food of God’s Word.
