Just a thought by coppi

“Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.”

‭‭Judges‬ ‭6:19

The main point of the Parable of the Yeast is that just as a small amount of yeast mixed into flour causes the dough to rise gradually and unnoticed until a fluffy mound is formed, is the way the Spirit of God works within us. He slowly seeps into every level of our being, growing and spreading without being noticed, until we are changed at our core into children of God.

God’s Word may seem like a small dose that we feed souls, but don’t underestimate the power of His Word. His message works itself into our hearts gradually and silently but has great power and strength to change us completely.

Humans are impatient. We want change and we want it now! As we walk through our Christian journey, the most important aspect is not how quickly we’re moving, but that we’re moving in the right direction. We should always be seeking a deeper relationship with God, discerning His will for our lives and following as best we can. Continual small and imperceptible steps will get us where we need to be. Tiny steps, like a few specks of yeast, can lead to great things.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump is a metaphor the apostle Paul uses to compare the effects of false teaching in the church to the results of yeast in bread dough (Galatians 5:9). Just as a small amount of yeast will make a whole loaf of bread rise, a little bit of legalistic teaching will quickly spread, infiltrating the hearts and minds of individual believers until the entire church is contaminated.

I can relate to legalistic teaching, because I grew up under it.  The only way I can explain why our minister was so excessively strict in matters of rules and laws and why he was so condemning of the world we lived in is that he had never experienced grace.   He was a grace-killer. I have read that if someone spouts out dos and  don’ts is they have the sin they are condemning you for in their own  heart.    Jimmy  Swaggart, televangelist, had that problem.  It took me years to be set free from some of the teaching in my young life, but my quest in life was to fine truth;  I found it by reading the Bible and attending churches that swung the pendulum in the middle – not only one way.  Galatians 5:13-26 is filled with right and wrong ways to live.  Anyway, I am not God and I will let God direct the lives of others.  As a friend of my said when she was dealing with a problem “Life is too short….I need to accept people for who they are”.  Very wise statement.   

Just a thought by coppi