When Jesus was on earth, he
would sometimes try to explain what the kingdom of God is like. He did
that using things that were familiar to his audience. He would say things like, “the kingdom of God
is like a mustard seed” or “the kingdom of God is like yeast in dough.”
Those were perfectly good
analogies at that time. The thing is, society has changed. We don’t have mustard seeds around here--most
of us have never even seen one. And very few people bake bread any more,
so the whole “yeast in dough” thing does not work very well for us. So, I started thinking about what Jesus might
use if he was around today. It could be a lot of things, probably, but
here’s one I thought of.
You know those little drink
packets you can get to flavor water? Crystal Light makes them, so do
several other companies. I really like
them. You get the benefits of water, but you also get something that
tastes good. The packets are small, but
they’ll give flavor to a full twenty-ounce bottle of water.
So, here’s what I thought
of. The kingdom of God is like a drink packet. It’s a small
thing. It looks like it could hardly do
anything. But you put it in a bottle of water, and it changes everything
about the water. There’s nothing in the bottle that’s left
untouched. And not only does it change
it, it makes it better in every way.
That’s how it is when God’s
Holy Spirit enters us. It may seem small at first. It may seem like it can hardly do anything.
But when God’s Holy Spirit enters into us, it changes everything about
us. There’s nothing about us that’s left untouched. And not only does God’s Holy Spirit change
us, it makes us better in every way.
So, the nest time you see a
bottle of water, or the next time you see a drink packet, think of God’s Holy
Spirit. Think of the Holy Spirit going through your life, just like the
powder in that drink packet goes through the water. And allow the Holy
Spirit to change every aspect of your life, just like the powder in the drink
packet changes every aspect of the water.
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