The other day I messed up a simple recipe. I didn't realize it until I saw it baking in the oven. I re-read the recipe several times and I still didn't know what I had done wrong. Only after I had all the dishes washed and put away it hit me....... I had used WAY to much butter!
This recent failure got me thinking. Life is a lot like a recipe. God has given us the Ultimate Cookbook (Bible) and he also calls us to have certain "ingredients" evident in our lives for others to see. For example Galatians 5:22-23 reads "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Notice it doesn't say the fruits of the Spirit.....it says the fruit of the Spirit . It's a package deal. We don't get to pick and choose what fruit we want to work on or what others should see. Any cook knows that to have a successful dish you need the proper ingredients. So I ask.....Is life any different? If we want a successful life (in God's eyes) shouldn't we start with the proper ingredients?
So as you and I look down over that list of fruit "ingredients", which one(s) have we used to little of in the past year? How would our recipes turn out? Would we look and taste good in the eyes of our Lord?
Let's face it no one is perfect, but we do serve a perfect God. He knows our strengths and weaknesses, our joy and our shame, He's been to the darkest corner of our hearts. His Spirit is IN us and He will lead us if we let Him.
"Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."
Galatians 5:25
Yay, it was about time for an update ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd Amen, I loved this post. What a great reminder!
Hope you're doing well!
- Charity
Ditto - so glad to see an update! I love the part about it is the "fruit" of the Spirit - not the "fruits".
ReplyDeleteLove the "Ultimate Cookbook"
ReplyDeleteHope you have a wonderful Christmas!!
Leigh Ann (Roar) ;-)