Visit a cook’s kitchen.
You can picture it. A scattering of bowls. Measuring cups and spoons, perhaps a roll of plastic wrap and a bowl of eggshells.
A hand towel is crumpled to the side, and the oven glows in preparation for what’s about to go inside.
Then a puff of flour fills the air as a rolling pin flails against a crumbled pile of pastry, smashing, smoothing, and forcing it to bend to the cook’s will.
It’s a mess! Everything’s a wreck! Chaos reigns!
Or so it seems … but we know that in the cook’s mind, there’s no such thing as chaos in their kitchen. It’s all part of the plan for perfection in the end.
James 1:17 (NIV) says we can view our Christian life in a similar way:
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
A cook doesn’t break an egg and exclaim, “Oh, no! What have I done? I’ve broken the egg!”
Rather, the cook knows that the broken egg is a necessary part of the process towards the end goal: perfection in taste and texture.
The crumpled hand towel: convenience and assuring clean hands.
That puff of flour: a sure sign the pastry won’t stick to the counter.
See, each part is good and perfect, from the scattered measuring cups to the roll of plastic that seems to carelessly tossed aside. To change one part means the process won’t go smoothly and may even bring a new disaster of its own.
The chaos is necessary to bring about the perfection to come.
When our life seems filled with chaos, we must see it from God’s viewpoint. He cracks the eggs because he knows what they will become. The flour obscures our vision, but he sees through to the finished product. The heat of the oven makes us draw back, but without it, the final product will be incomplete.
Trust the recipe. Have faith in the process. Let God get to work.
He is the master chef, and he is making perfection of the life he’s given us to live.
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