An ingredient is an addition
To anything that we will make;
To perhaps enhance the flavour
When we cook or when we bake.
But a little leaven leavens the lump
As it enlarges what is there,
And the integrity of the mixture
Can become more like a tare.
Because the tares do look like wheat
Until the harvest time,
Since all along they all looked fine
Until the integrity did shine.
When our mind is filled and cluttered
With head knowledge and philosophies,
When we add Jesus as just an ingredient
Much confusion we will see.
Because Jesus is pure and unleavened
And His Spirit is not compromised,
And cannot be blended with other doctrines
Or ideologies and lies.
If Jesus is just an ingredient
Because it suits us to think this way,
Then the sincerity of the gospel
Along with faithfulness can’t stay.
Jesus needs to be our all in all
In the spiritual realm so true,
And anything else that grips our heart
Will compromise everything we do.
If Jesus is just an ingredient
Then we really should not complain,
When circumstances bring us down
And where despondency remains.
Jesus needs to be the main meal
With His wholesome teachings so true,
So we swallow His ways with nourishment
To produce fruit of the Spirit too.
His strength will help us to overcome
And to be victorious in trials,
To trust in our deliverance
And to go the extra mile.
If Jesus is just an ingredient
To what we already know,
We shouldn’t blame others when situations
Do reap what we will sow.
Jesus is worthy of all our respect
Because He paid the price for us,
And we should love and honour Him everyday
And in His salvation we should trust.
“A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” Galatians 5:9
“And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.” Matthew 10:38-39
“But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.”
Matthew 13:26
“Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” Matthew 13:30
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6: 7
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23
“That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,” 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
