Boiling down is a culinary term. Also called reducing, it means to boil a liquid in an uncovered pot until we boil away a portion of the liquid inside. We get a thicker, more intensely flavored liquid when we are done. Whether a soup or a sauce, the water boiled away leaves the remaining flavors more potently infused in every bite we take.
One thing boiling down allows us to do is find the true flavor in our food. Pour our sauce over a dish, and unreduced, the flavor will be a mild garnish to our meal. However, once reduced, all we will taste is the intensity of the flavor we want our meal to exude.
Where is the intensity of truth in the Word of God? We need to boil down the Bible to infuse its truth into every bite we take.
Romans 5:8 boils away the belief that we might be unlovable in his sight.
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 15:13 reveals the intensity of his love for us.
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
John 3:16 reduces the massive tome that is the Word of God to one sentence.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 1:17 watches our dependence on the Law evaporate in a haze of steam.
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
Isaiah 9:6 infuses every other part of our lives with the authority of Christ our king.
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
When we focus on the truth, the intensity of God’s promises will overwhelm everything else.
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