ARE YOU READY FOR THE ANSWER?

1 Corinthians 3:2 I had to feed you milk, not solid food, because you were not ready for it. And even now you are not ready for it,

Even the human body is designed with timing in mind – teeth do not show up immediately after a baby is born. Mothers are thus advised to only breast feed new borns at least for the first six months because beyond the nutritional supplements obtained from breath milk, the guts of infants are just not ready to handle anything else.

The only thing meat will do when eaten by a new born child is reveal their unpreparedness for it. That is the metaphor St Paul articulated in his letter to the Corinthians. Jesus said the same to His disciples “I have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John 16:12). Not that they could not bear them at all, but that the timing was not right for them to receive them.

Beloved,

you are not ready for everything at everytime

For some of the things you want to have: material resources, spiritual gifts, influence, fame among others, the current you is nowhere near ready to wield them. In fact, there is a greater possibility of them contributing to you quicker fall hence why the door to them remains shut.

Whenever you receive ‘no’ as the response to a request, whether made in prayer or from men, among the things to consider is “was I ready to receive the answer I was looking for?” That matters.

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