He writes:
"When the great preacher, Harry Ironside, complimented the cook at a conference center on her biscuits, she gave him a valuable lesson: "The flour itself doesn't taste good, neither does the baking powder, nor the shortening, nor the other ingredients. However, when I mix them all together and put them in the oven, they come out just right."
The same can be said for many of the circumstances in which we find ourselves in life. Limitations, pain, shortages, injustice, failure—none of those "ingredients" are palatable by themselves. But in every case, when the circumstances of life are mixed together by God's providence, something good results. When the apostle Paul found himself imprisoned for preaching the Gospel, it had to be distasteful! Yet the result was that his brethren were emboldened to preach the Gospel even more. It is the believer's responsibility not to focus on the "ingredients" but on the entire "recipe" to see what God is preparing.
If your circumstances are not palatable at the moment, step back and see if you can't find a reason to rejoice in the end result."
So, how are your biscuits today? Reminds me of my friend, the former Toronto Blue Jay, Mike Timlin, who refered to the OUR DAILY BREAD booklet as "OUR DAILY BISCUIT".
"Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." - Philippians 1:6 (NIV) or...
"Being confident of this, that the baker will not ask you to eat the shortening alone or the baking powder by itself, but will ask you to wait patiently for the finished product, a warm, tasty, biscuit...with gravy if you wish. Yummy!"
4 comments:
Thanks alot Dave, now I got to go make me some! :)
for some reason I stoped getting his daily devotional, and I miss them!
blessings
Dear David..Harry Ironside was one good author!!
Did you know that there is a message by him in the Audio Sermosn that is his actual voice?
It isn't very long but it is GOOD!
I really like David Jeremiah
He is down to earth and so easy to understand... from Terry
Morning David!
are you alive and well?
for some reason I can't leave a comment on your other blog.
you havn't been for a visit, for a time!
Yes David...I have been trying to leave a commet on you other blog too.
I asked Jel if she was able to and apparently not!
Don't worry Jel about that David.
He IS reading your blog.
Mostly you will hear from him if you don't keep up your blog snd if you don't and you hear from him it is NOT a pretty sight!!
Ask poor Brodie of "Hope Of His Calling"..That poor lad has had his fair share of David's chidings!!..........Love Terry
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