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A city dweller moved to a farm and bought a cow. Shortly after he did, the cow went dry. When he reported this fact to a neighbor farmer, the farmer expressed surprise. The city man said he was surprised too. “I can’t understand it either, for if ever a person was considerate of an animal, I was of that cow. If I didn’t need milk, I didn’t milk her. If I only needed a quart, I only took a quart.”
The farmer tried to explain that the only way to keep milk flowing is not to take as little as possible from the cow, but to take as much as possible.
What is true of milking a cow is also true of the Christian life. Those who only turn to God in times of need miss the real joy that flows from a daily relationship with the Lord. Peter explains it this way, “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation” (1 Peter 2:2).
Long for the pure spiritual milk of the Lord; spend time with Him daily!
Mark T. Tonkery
Camden Avenue church of Christ
Parkersburg, WV