Thursday, September 23, 2010

Freshly Baked Bread

Baking Bread was once understood by every household. On certain days of the week the home would be filled with the aroma of freshly baked bread. Mouths watered at the thought of melted butter running down the side of glistening rolls or pockets of fresh jelly spread over a freshly cut slice of bread. Now we place loaves of bread in our shopping carts without giving much thought to the process of kneading dough, waiting for it to rise and heating the oven to 350.

When making white, wheat or rye bread, yeast and sugar are added to make the dough rise. The sugar activates the yeast and the yeast raises the dough. No one has ever heard of half a loaf rising and the other half coming out flat like a pancake. If part of the loaf rises, the entire loaf rises.

Jesus said the kingdom of God is like the yeast in a loaf of bread. The entire loaf is affected. So the kingdom of God affects every part of our life (Mathew 13:33).