James 1:2-4 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (World English Bible)
I love baking cookies. I enjoy the whole process of making them. Preparing the dough and putting them in the oven is very rewarding to me. I love the rush of heat when I open the oven door. The thot came to me that if I don’t put the dough in the oven, it would never bake into a cookie. It would stay mush or dry out, but never become a cookie. The dough needs the heat of the oven in order for it to transform into the baked cookie.
When we go thru trials and troubles in our life, we can compare it to making cookies. The creaming of butter and sugar, the beating in of eggs, the chopping of nuts, the folding in of flour to make it all stick together – the heat of the oven. All of life’s trials are preparing us for when we will be “baked to perfection” when God tells us “Well done”…..
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for insights in daily life that help us see the bigger picture. When the heated trials of life come, let us embrace it and help us transform into the perfectly baked cookies that You have made. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
