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CAKE ANYONE?

3/6/2014

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"O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him."  Psalm 34:8

God brought us into this world - created in His own image.  That image was marred by sin but God made a way to buy us back out of the slave market of sin and now, as His dear children, wants to recreate in us the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.

If God wants to make us like Christ, then won’t he make a way for that to happen?   He has! 

In an excellent study by Dr. Robert McGee called Search for Significance there is a chapter called “The Process of Hope and Healing”.  In it Dr. McGee talks about several factors that must exist in a person’s life before emotional healing can occur.   They are…….

·        honesty
·        relationships that affirm or make me feel good about myself
·        right thinking
·        the Holy Spirit’s power, strength, and wisdom
·        time

If any of these are missing, then the healing process will be slowed down if not stopped completely.  These factors aren’t steps we can accomplish one right after the other.  They are ingredients that promote healing when they all work together over a period of time.

We could compare it to baking a cake.  We don’t throw the baking powder in the oven and wait a couple of hours and then toss in a couple of eggs and then after waiting another hour or so put the flour in.  No, we stir all the ingredients together in a bowl and then put them in a pan in the oven. 

If we left out any of the ingredients the cake would be flat or heavy or lack flavor or sweetness – in fact, it would be less than satisfying.  But with all the needed ingredients in the pan and as we wait the appropriate time our taste buds are rewarded with a deliciously satisfying cake.

Likewise, we need all the aforementioned ingredients for good emotional, spiritual, relational health working together in our life at one time and we will be rewarded with a deliciously satisfying life.  It makes me think of the verse, “O taste and see that the Lord is good!'

QUESTION:  Which of the ingredients do you need to focus on to be able to better 'taste that the Lord is good'?



5 Comments
Heidi
3/7/2014 04:41:10 am

As for ingredients, I think I would benefit from having atleast one more safe human relationship. However I am already being comforted. This morning, while feeling a struggle concerning some dysfunctional people that I cannot totally get away from, God led me to pray Philippians 2 over those situations and it gave me a lot of strength and peace. His word is so precious!

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Judy Muir link
3/7/2014 05:18:56 am

Yes...........those 'safe' relationships are precious Heidi! So good to know that God knows our need and wants to meet it.

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christine
3/10/2014 11:17:41 am

I need to depend on the working of the Holy Spirit in my life.more in order to have success. I can only depend on the Holy Spirit as I recognize more and more that depending on myself and in my own strength I am failing myself often. I need the power of the Holy Spirit to strengthen me and uplift me as I fall at the feet of Jesus and confess I cannot in my own strength put all five of these ingredients into my life and stir them together so they make a healthy life.

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theresa
3/11/2014 11:52:33 am

I need at least 3 of the ingredients in my life in order for my life to be more emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy. I need the power of the Holy Spirit to strengthen me and to give me wisdom in making day to day decisions. Another ingredient that is not listed here that I need is obedience.

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Terry
3/18/2014 09:37:12 pm

I like the "cake" illustration. I occasionally spend some time in the kitchen preparing a meal for myself. I don't usually bother with recipes unless it's a meal to share with others. I just put in what I think would be good. Results vary. My wife,who knows how to cook, uses recipes. She has explained to me, a few times, that there are reasons why you add specific amounts of ingredients and it is usually best to do them in the correct order.
God has given us his "Recipe Book", His Word. I've been known to not follow that too :-( He knows what ingredients we need and the order to add them for a successful life. I'm slowly learning that things turn out best when I follow " the recipe ".

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