Lack of Appetite

I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. 1 Corinthians 3:2-3

A carnal person is one who is controlled by the appetite of the flesh. The church at Corinth was carnal; they were saved, but they were consumed by fleshly pleasures. Kind of sounds like you and I, doesn't it?

Hungry?

We can determine our carnality by examining what it is we crave. Do we yearn for the meat that is God's word, or the devil's junk food? If we are filling our bodies with things not spiritual, it stands to reason that when it comes time to partake of the Bread of Life, we will not be hungry.
That is precisely why James wrote (in James 1:21), "Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls." We must lay aside the bad to make room for the good.

The writer of Hebrews 5:11 would say a lack of appetite is akin to becoming, "dull of hearing;" our stomachs aren't interested in things good because they're filled with things bad. The passage continues:

For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Hebrews 5:13-14

Saved but carnal

Imagine that the 'milk' Paul refers to is the Good News; that is the basic tenants of our faith that essentially describe what it is that Christ Jesus has done. The 'solid food' would therefore represent what Jesus is currently doing and what He desires to do through us, His body. Carnal-Christians continue to feed on the 'milk' because we have filled up on rubbish. We will not be hungry at God's table if we keep eating at satan's drive-thru.

Lay it aside

Things of the flesh taste good for a season, but in time their empty calories catch up with us and we will pay a huge price for having consumed them. Your spiritual diet starts today and you can begin by turning away from the fast-food of this world.

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