John's flour

Author: Dan^2InHim

Let's say John Doe wants to knead dough and make some cakes for the Lord. He wants much to make cakes for the Lord. Everyone else kneads dough and makes cakes for the Lord. He just has to make those cakes. "Why do you want to make cakes for the Lord?" asks someone. "I am going to bring people to the Lord with those cakes. I will be able to share with them how great the Lord is. I need those cakes," says John. He sets a date to worship the Lord with the cakes. There are many flour shops around. And there is plenty of time. So he does not worry about flour. Many others are more anxious over their flour and look for it much earlier. John begins to look for flour for the dough, after overhearing from the others about their progress on looking for flour. He knows a friend who knows some flour dealers so he comes to him for flour. The friend is busy, but he promises that he would go look for some flour for John. John waits and the friend gets back after a couple of months. "My favorite flour dealer has the flour. But he is setting all of it aside for an important customer. You may want to start looking for flour in other ways," says the friend. Seeing that most others have already been looking for flour for months, and that a couple nearby flour shops have already sold out their flour, John becomes nervous. The weather is humid. There are many flour shops in the neighboring cities. But John does not want the moisture to go into the flour during the commute. He tells himself, "the cakes I am to make have to be perfect!" It would be a failure for him if he cannot make his perfect cakes. Everyday, as the date approaches, he prays to the Lord--"Dear Lord my God, please have mercy on me. I am worried because I cannot find any flour for the cakes I want so much to make. See, my Heavenly Father, they will be the most awesome cakes. Please prepare for me dry flour of good quality that is appropriate for the date I will present them to the people for Your sake." His close friend, Jane, comes to him and asks, "why the troubled look on your face?" She suggests, "some shops in the neighboring cities have good quality flour in stock. Why don't you check them out? The weather is humid so you must take special care when travelling with the flour. It is going to be quite an effort. But we can do it together." John replies, "Jane, you don't understand. These cakes are going to be for the Lord. I cannot risk the high humidity along the way. Let us pray to the Lord together. Knowing that we are doing all these for His sake, maybe He will grant our wish. But I am too anxious to pray. Would you pray for us, Jane?" Jane consents. Both of them keep their heads down. "Our merciful Heavenly Father, our dear Lord Jesus, we come weary and worried in front of You. We pray that we understand that we are nothing but tiny grains of salt, and this is none but a short moment in your eternal plan for us. No matter how, You will always watch over us. With flour or without, we are Your children, the ones You love. Please cast away our worries that blind us today. We are chasing nothing but a mist of desires. Dear Lord, let us keep our faith in You. We shall keep looking for what we think as important--what is important to us and to the people we love. Yet please teach us how we may glorify You wholy with our hearts in Your own way one day. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."