Only from the top down.

As I was pouring some creamer into my coffee this morning, thinking to myself how there is nothing in the world quite so perfect and beautiful as when that white, white cream hits that dark dark coffee.

I love just staring at it and watching how the cream hits and tendrils of white swirl delicately to the bottom.

That's what God wants us to be in the world. When we give our lives to Christ, He washes us white as cream (work with me on this coffee theme) and when we fully surrender our will to His we allow him to pour us out into a very black cup of coffee. The coffee doesn't instantly turn creamy when the cream hits it, in fact it swirl to the bottom only lightening the area immediately next to us. However, God in His greatness is able to take His hand, grab a really big spoon and stir things up. Now I can't say for sure how this makes the creamer feel, but I'm guessing it isn't always comfortable. It forces it to spread out and touch all the dark places, it unsettles things, changes things. How many times are we like that? God pours us out on the world and we settle to the bottom, perfectly content being there, being sweet and tasty, but not serving our intended purpose. Praise God, He doesn't leave us there. He's got a bigger plan for us, He is willing to stir things up so that the entire world will get touched. He loves us so much that He won't let us go to waste. Think about it, if the creamer doesn't do what it is supposed to do the entire cup of coffee gets dumped out, creamer included. Unwilling for that to happen God's got to stir.

The creamer probably sometimes feels like it hasn't made a difference at all, thinks that all that stirring and hard times where just bad luck or an attack from Satan. All that hard work for nothing! (funny how the creamer thinks it's the one doing all the work when really God's the one doing all the stirring) If only the cream would realize it was the hand of God the entire time.

Sometimes creamer can't see the difference it has made because it's in the cup looking around, every thing looks all the same color. (That's how I feel sometimes.) But then it struck me, sometimes you can't see the difference looking from side to side. Sometimes the difference is only seen from the Top down. The only way you can see it is if your holding the cup looking in. Sometimes God's the only one who ever knows. Isn't that enough though, knowing that you have made the cup sweet for the King to drink.

Comforting thought, that the same hand, that chose that flavor of creamer is that same hand that poured it in (just the right amount) is the same hand that stirred things up, is the same hand that is, and has always been holding the cup looking in from the top down.

So there you go.

God bless.