Being cheesy isn’t always a positive term.
Yet, cheeses are among the most desired of foods. Chefs fight and claw to obtain just the correct version, the one with just the right texture and flavor to make their latest masterpiece into five-star perfection.
Roquefort comes from France, has to be aged five months, and is moist and crumbly with a sweet and nutty flavor. It’s great with nuts and honey.
Camembert is also from France and is known as a “bloomy rind.” It’s rich and buttery with a mild, mushroomy aroma. It’s best breaded and deep-fried.
Cotija is from Mexico. As it ages, it grows nuttier and tangier. Its dry, coarse texture makes it great to sprinkle over other foods.
Feta is a Greek cheese and can only be made with sheep’s milk. It’s created by soaking the curds in salt water and goes well with fresh fruit.
There are more, bringing to our tables a worldwide taste sensation that explodes in our mouth. Mozzarella from Italy. Emmental from Switzerland. Cheddar from England. Gouda from the Netherlands. Manchego from Spain. Monterey Jack from America.
No wonder David was sent with cheese to the commander of the forces of Israel in 1 Samuel 17:18:
“Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”
The commander was a cheesehead, a connoisseur, and cheese was the most desirable thing David could offer.
Then, we read of Job, who, at the depth of his despair, recognized God’s majestic ability to endow humanity with perfection in Job 10:10:
“Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?”
God wasn’t making Job into a mealy-mouthed mush head. Nor was he gifting Job with glitzy glamor that was patently pretentious. Rather, God was taking a milk baby and changing him into one of the most desired things man can become: cheese, grand and glorious Roquefort, Cheddar, and Jack.
This is the Christian experience in a cheeseball. We can read about it in 2 Corinthians 3:18:
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.”
We’re living Job’s revelation, changing day to day, from milk babies to glorious cheese, carnal man to victorious Christian.
Do we want to be cheesy Christians? Absolutely. We can bet our Monterey Jack lives on it.
When God begins to change us, we become the most desired thing around.
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