Corona Devo 563

Come, let us worship and bow down.  Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.  If only you would listen to his voice today! ~Psalm 95:6-7

I woke up with a full calendar day (you probably did too).  Each hour screamed a new event or deadline and first on my list was making oatmeal cookies.  One big batch to cover a multitude of occasions happening today.

I threw the ingredients into the mixer and waited for the paddle-whisk to do it's magic.  But something was off.  The batter was dry.  I added some extra shortening but still no adhesion.  I tried to stay positive but as I watched the craisins seem to sit in a huff, staying away from the crumbly mix of oatmeal, flour, brown sugar and spices that fell flat along the sides of the bowl.  It just wasn't coming together right. 

In the meantime, there was a lack-of-adhesion elsewhere in our kitchen...  

There is a (normal) daily stress and flutter in five people waking before they wish, finding breakfast, and hurrying to pack lunches and backpacks before the school bus rolls by or calls start ringing in at the office.  But today something was off.  All of us seemed "dry" and there wasn't a cohesion in our attitudes or hearts, and it seemed very similar to my "batter" which refused to mix/form/"come together" in the bowl.

I re-read the recipe again, and there it was...eggs.  I had forgotten to add them.  I felt relief and a tiny sense of peace as I cracked a few eggs into the crumbly mixture which quickly became batter.  Finally.  

And I knew (without rereading that morning's events) what the missing ingredient was from our family-rush and lack-of-cohesion this morning too...God's Word.  

I had started in on the days chores and "jobs" before I spent anytime with Jesus, and something was off.  It always will be when we push past the most important "event" on each calendar day.

Just as eggs are to batter, The Bible is our binding agent.  

 Psalm 95

1 Come, let us sing to the Lord!  Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving.  Let us sing psalms of praise to him.

3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.

4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.

5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it.  His hands formed the dry land, too.

6  Come, let us worship and bow down.  Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,

7 for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.  If only you would listen to his voice today! ~Psalm 95:1-7

Without Jesus (and we find Him in His truest form in The Bible) we are dry.  We don't "mix well" with others, with stress, with situations/responsibilities, or even with reality...unless we have Jesus.  The Bible is our binding agent.  When we read God's Word, it reduces the friction surrounding our "stuff".  God's Word brings peace to our heart and lubrication to our grinding (mental/physical/spiritual/emotional) gears and screeching souls.  

With Jesus and The Bible, we can tackle today, we can relate to others, we can gain His wisdom and insight and peace over whatever and whomever is on today's calendar.  

But without Jesus, we are off.  (If only you would listen to his voice today! ~Psalm 95:7).

God's Word and time-with-Him are our daily "binding agent".  Only by getting quiet in God's presence and being open to His will for us today can we shake the dry feeling that settles over our spirits and separates us from others and from Him.  

Yep, I was missing the binding agent this morning: in my cookies and in my spirit.  But when I added the eggs to the batter and the Bible to my morning, the "binding agent" became the change-agent for both outcomes.  



Blessings, 

sarah     

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com

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