"Stewing"

OK - stay with me here. One of my favorite hobbies is cooking – so bear with me. When I place a roast in the slow cooker, its only job is to yield and submit itself to the heat and the time of the cooker. In time the product is a well seasoned and prepared “meal” ready to please and satisfy a hungry person. So also a person that dares to breathe the prayer, “God use me – I am totally yours” will be placed in the slow cooker to endure heat for a time in order to truly yield and submit to the hand of God. The end result is a “product” fully seasoned, tender, and ready to bring satisfaction to a “hungry” human race.

I am amazed at the fact that God produces such great fare with such simple ingredients – a willing heart, heat and time. As I write this I am sitting in the slow cooker of life. I have been here for a while. The unusual thing is that I am finally at peace. This is unusual for me. It has never been this way before. I am stubborn – inwardly standing – and I fight. I have been an emotional person and have learned how to whine and fuss about my situation. But no more – for some reason I am at peace. I think it has to do with the act of finally yielding to God’s choices for me. I think it is because the heat tenderizes. From the middle of the crock I can see how what God is doing is looking “not so bad”. God knows what he is doing.

If you find yourself in the crock pot right now – it is because God has nothing but the best planned for you. He is everything the Word tells us that He is – faithful, patient, loving, thorough. He wants the best out of all of us because there is a “hungry” generation that needs well prepared “food”. This is where God is at His best.