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The writer to the Hebrews put it this way:
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil (Hebrews 5:12-14).
And the Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy to “train yourself to be godly.” To do that, we have to get off of milk and get on solid food. We are to be our own trainers; we have to feed ourselves. It takes time and discipline, but the benefits are enormous—we grow up in Christ. And without it, the results are very sad—we remain babies in Christ.
Journaling is a fancy word and I think it scares some people off. But it’s very simple: You get yourself some kind of notebook, and write in it what passage you read that day, and just a few notes as to how it ministered to you. It doesn’t take long and it’s well worth the effort.
For example, recently I read Luke 17, and I was struck by what Jesus said in verse 4, that if someone sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, “I repent,” forgive that person. That is a tall order, don’t you think? It caused me to stop and think about how I’m supposed to forgive someone over and over and over for the same thing! I made a few notes in my journal, and when you do that, it helps you remember what you heard God say through his Word. It’s a great help in feeding yourself, and I encourage you, if you haven’t tried journaling as you read the Bible, please give it a try. It will help you grow up.