Having a sweet tooth means we especially enjoy foods containing lots of sugar. Cola. Candy. Donuts. Wedding cake.
Wedding cake? That’s hard to come by, unless we show up at the reception, and who wants to do that, just for cake?
Liz Moorhead at APracticalWedding.com says not serving cake at a wedding is “…selfish and unfair to the guests who traveled, got all dressed up for you and called for babysitters.”
Wedding guests want to satisfy their sweet tooth. They want their wedding cake. They hanker to imbibe on the sweetest confection in the industry.
What do we hanker after as Christians? What does our sweet tooth cry out for?
Do we attend church services for the pomp and ceremony, the friends we greet, and the magnificent choir; or do we desire the sweet flavor of the presence of the almighty God?
When we show up at church, we ought to desire a slice of the cake. We should be compelled to go back for a second slice, and a third and a fourth. The cake we should desire is Christ.
1 John 2:1 explains where our wedding cake is found (Spoiler: It’s in Christ our Lord):
“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
1 John 3:1 tells us our sweet tooth is activated by the knowledge of who Christ really is:
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
2 Peter 1:20-21 says that artificial sweeteners are no substitute for the sweet flavor of our Savior:
“Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
In James 1:6, our confidence carries us into his presence:
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.”
James 5:15 is our assurance that we become sweet to the world through our association with the wedding cake of Christ Jesus:
“And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
The Church is the bride, and Christ is our groom. We will be expected at the wedding, if we’ve invited him into our heart. Let’s not miss out on the sweetest treat in all creation. It’s all about Jesus. We must look for him and expect to imbibe, or there’s no point in showing up at all.
Jesus is the only reason for showing up at God’s wedding feast. He’s the sweetness we can never get enough of.
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