“Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breast.” As I see it, weaning has to do with two things: dependence and affection. To be sure, this can be a most difficult and traumatic event. Not only do we wean our children, but God also does the same.
David tells us he had been weaned both physically, and spiritually; “…as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.” The Lord weans us from the world, so that we will no longer be dependent upon it, nor have affection toward it. He would have these two traits focused wholly upon Himself. “My God shall supply all your need…” “Set your affection on things above…”
It is interesting to note that Samuel never had any kind of intimate relationship with God, until after he was weaned. It was then the Lord began to speak to him personally. It is not only the bad, but the good also, that God weans us from. We must be drawn from whatever and whoever we cleave to, and cast ourselves upon the bosom of our God. “Carry [us] in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child.” Amen and Amen!
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