This morning, I wanted to share a devotional with you, concerning a topic Charles Stanley preached on this past Sunday on TV, entitled “How to acquire spiritual discernment.”

He introduced his text by referencing Hebrews 5:12-14: For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

This truly is powerful, and illustrates we “must train our senses to discern good and evil,” and thus acquire spiritual discernment, which is the way to see things as God sees them, to see them from a Biblical basis—-an inner sense—-spiritual sensitivity—–to make the right choices—-wise decisions. Are our decisions “self-centered, and carnal,” or are they in harmony with God’s will?!

And, we will come back to this. But the Bible is a “living word” and can challenge us all our lives. As I was following along with brother Stanley, I came to Hebrews, chapter 6,——-and feel I must write about it, not to try to “convince you,” but to stimulate your heart and mind to seek God’s truth personally on this—–and give you some “food for thought.” I will come back to the theme above too, but this time, you may have to truly “plow through a lot” to get to it with me.

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