Cooking With Evil

"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes...Take the helmet of salvation...the breastplate of righteousness...feet fitted with readiness...with this in mind be alert and always keep on praying..." Eph 6:11-18. "I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands.." 1 Ti 2:8.

I love to cook! There is something both relaxing and satisfying about creating a dish from many different ingredients. In the end this creation satisfies my senses -smell, taste and sight. There are certain ingredients that I never allow my kitchen to be without such as garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, etc... Many times these are the ingredients for which I build upon to create a successful dish.

Satan does the same thing as he reaches for us to create a mess in our lives. He scans our spiritual kitchens and sees what attitudes we have on the shelf that he can use to tempt us. He moves aside our spice of compassion to get to our hidden can of pride. He removes the pan treated with faith and replaces it with the skillet of fear which always burns. He builds the recipe with stuff he finds in the kitchen of our hearts...he can come empty handed because he is a masterchef. He knows we will provide the ingredients...

We must protect our kitchens! We must keep spiritual ingredients on hand if we are to create a satisfying dish to offer God. A dish of a single mind for Christ, and a heart devoted to Him so that when Satan enters our kitchen and turns up the heat we will be prepared. Our minds must be renewed daily on Christ and our hearts pure in motivation and love. Our feet must not take us into areas of temptation and our hands must be praising and worshipping God.

Let us keep our hands lifted in praise and worship continuously so Satan may not use our hands to stir up our lives and satisfy his taste.