Slice of Heaven

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

Around our house we love making homemade pizzas with fresh dough and lots of toppings. Many times, we have our daughter and boyfriend over because they too love homemade pizzas. In anticipation of their arrival, earlier in the day I do all the prep work dicing the toppings to smother the pizza. I don’t want to waste our time together with things that can be done ahead of time. My daughter knows that by the time they get to our house, the counter-top is filled with the toppings and the prep work has already been done. All that is left to be done is to load up the pizza, put it in the oven and enjoy the delicious slices.

Our verse this morning explains the same beautiful principle in our relationship with God. He has gone before us and has done all the heavy lifting in our walk with Him. He prepares things for us to experience that are chopped full of toppings for our lives. He has prepared fresh dough for our foundation by giving us His word. He determines where and when we should serve, and it is up to us to walk it out…add our toppings…offer our slice of service to the world. Never for a moment does God expect us 'to dice and slice…to flour and knead...to preheat the oven. He prepares the base of our service and we along with others enjoy the slices. Occasionally, we might bite into hot peppers, but we have also been equipped ahead of time for those toppings.

As you awake this morning, take time with God, choose your toppings for the day and smell the aromatic baking of the Bread. Our offering to the world will be tasty and fresh once we have spent time with the One who prepared our day for us while we were sleeping.

“This I recall to my mind; therefore, I have hope. The LORD’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease, for his compassion never fails. They are fresh every morning; Great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:20-22.