"And this is the testimony: God has given
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." (1 John 5:11-12
NIV)
A lady I once worked with was complaining that her
muffins never turned out. I shared that I had a no fail recipe and would
bring it into work for her. She was quite pleased.
I did take the recipe in and she asked me if it
was definitely a no fail one. I assured her that it was. When I left she was
busy getting ready to start the muffins.
The next day she announced that the muffin recipe
had failed, turned out terrible in fact. I was somewhat taken aback, but
knowing this person as I did I also suspected why the goodies had not been a
success.
Upon inquiring as to whether she had followed the
recipe exactly I discovered she had substituted several key ingredients as
she did not have some of the them and in her wisdom, she also decided that
another change would work better than the listed item.
Unfortunately this was a habit with this lady. She
believed that she was exercising her creativity, but ultimately her own
wisdom and creativity always led to baking disasters.
Similarity we live in a time when people worldwide
believe that they don't need to follow God's recipe for their lives. They
substitute idols for Jesus and the salvation He offers. They believe that
all faiths are equal and lead to eternal life. They take the Scriptures and
interpret them to fit their own recipe of beliefs rather than allowing
scriptural truth to guide and shape their beliefs. And unfortunately for
many they may discover too late that their version of God's fail proof
recipe has, in fact, turned out quite terribly in regards to eternity.
After all any no fail recipe's success only works
as it should when you follow the recipe.
So today, may each of us consider what recipe we
are following for our lives. The fail proof one God has laid out for us in
the Scriptures or our own creative version of it. The choice is ours. But
choose wisely for your eternity depends upon it.
Prayer: Thank You Lord that You in Your love,
mercy and wisdom have given us the no fail recipe for life and eternity. May
we have hearts that seek Your truth alone and wills to apply it that we
might know the Son in whom we have access to life eternal. In Christ's name
we pray. Amen.
Lynne
Phepps
Atlin, B.C.
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