Hebrews 5: 12 For when, for the time, you ought to be teachers, you need for someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat."

I have taught many, many Bible classes in my life.  Women and men.  Of all ages.  And one of the most difficult things a teacher has to accept is that some people just aren't interested.   They come.  They listen.  They take notes.  They like being in the class.  But that is the end of it.  The word of God has no power in their lives.  They leave, go back to work, nothing changes, and they come back the next week exactly like they left.  They will never eat meat.  They can't remember what you have taught them, because it doesn't take root in their lives.

But then, there are others.  Thank God.  They get it.  They want more.  They want to pick your brain.  Those are the ones that after a while, go on to teach others.  I think especially of Sally Casey.  It has been years since she was in my class, but now she teaches a class of her own.  She reads the Bible for herself.  Occasionally she calls and asks me a question, and it will always be a question that is difficult.  That has been mulled over on her part.  It will not be a question about milk.  It will be about meat.

It takes the Holy Spirit living inside you to inspire you to want more.  Reading the Bible on your own is a sign of spiritual maturity.  You read because you can't imagine not reading.  You want to know.  You want to know what God wants.  What he thinks.  Why he spoke to us.  A million questions.  You are living a life full of expectation of what is to come.  What he has in store for you.  He is real to you.

It is either the most exciting thing in your life and you can't get enough of it.  Or, you find it very boring and stay involved out of duty.  Sad.  Those who do that haven't read enough Bible to know that they are in danger.  Our years here are so short.  Our years later are for all eternity.

Get serious about reading God's word.  Make sure your eternity is with God.  The alternative isn't  going to be pleasant--and will last forever.