Matthew 13:33 (NIV)
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of
heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of
flour until it worked all through the dough.”
Recently I read that many poisonous substances can be
used as cures. Cures are being developed as we speak based on these toxins.
Take for example a viper’s venom, deadly to anyone. But it can be part of a
potent anti-clotting medicine that helps blood keep on flowing instead of
clumping up.
The tetrodotoxin of a puffer fish is deadly, causing
fatal paralysis of the heart and the lungs. Still this toxin can also treat
chronic pain. It has been discovered that it is 3,000 times more powerful than
morphine, and it doesn’t have the side-effects of addiction and nausea.
None of us rejoice when finding a tick, especially when
in buries itself into our flesh. Recently it was discovered that the tick’s
spit helps blood flow easily without any hindrances. A prospective medicine is
on the way using tick saliva that is seventy times more powerful than the
blood-thinning agent in human blood.
We too used to be quite poisonous, through our words,
actions and thoughts. How many people have I hurt with the simple use of my
tongue?
Still God did not give up on me. Like yeast that is so
minute, so small that a single seed of it would be unnoticeable, once mingled
into dough it raises the hard lump and turns it into a delicious meal. God’s
yeast worked into me in the same way, and it transformed me from a
self-centered individual to one that hungers to help out others.
Once God’s yeast reaches our hearts, it mixes into our
souls and starts to grow and grow, leading us to complete freedom. Gone are the
addictions. Alcoholics become sober. Drug addicts find freedom. Selfishness is
morphed into wanting to help others. Strangely enough, once we experience God’s
transforming power, we consider our pasts to be rubbish! We have found
something better, something that brings meaning to our lives.
We have been transformed from poisonous to propitious,
from selfish to loving others way more than ourselves. God, after all, is love,
and once His love enters our lives, it will change us radically for the good of
all people.
What would you prefer? To be a deadly puffer fish that
rules its surroundings? Or to be filled with love from above? The choice is
yours.
Dear Lord, we pray that we would be filled with Your love
and not the deadly poison that tries to rule everything around it. In Jesus’
Name, Amen.
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