Once upon a time a friend of mine was cooking at the Church kitchen. I asked him, "What are you cooking?" "A combination fried rice. This is for brothers and sisters coming to the Friday Young Leaders' Meeting tonight. Why don't you try a little bit?" he said. He served me some, and it was very tasty. * Ingredients: 1) Baptism (Luke 12:50); 2) Fire (Luke 12:49); 3) Digging and fertilizing (Luke 13:8)
* Notes to consider before consumption and digestion: Baptism refers to the cross of Jesus where Jesus Christ offered himself as the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world. Fire refers to the Holy Spirit and the fire that He brings for those who believe in the Son. Without baptism, there is no fire working in you. Digging around a fig tree and fertilizing it refers to feeding yourself [and others] on the Word of God which helps you grow up and bear fruit.
* Points to consider/practice:
1) Do you have any issues in life, such as sin problems, character flaws, bad habits. or bad karma (in case you grew up per the Indian belief system), and thereby suffer from a bad cycle or cycles in life becoming perpetuated? Then remember that God sent Jesus the Son to break you free from all these, for Jesus came to pay the penalty for "all" the sins of all generations (you, your parents, parents' parents etc.), so that you can make a brand new beginning in the Son.
2) The step mentioned above is preparatory [just as the Scripture says, "Repent and turn to God" (Acts 3:19)]. The next step is to ask the Lord for the gift called the Holy Spirit who in return comes to you to cleanse you of the sins, so you could be a new creation. Then he puts you in the fellowship with God the Father through Jesus the Son.
3) The final step is to remain in the fellowship with Jesus the Son and God the Father through the Spirit, feeding yourself on the Word of God. [For effective daily bible studies, click here]
God's blessings on your walk in the Lord!
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