Recipe Fit for a King

Now ladies, let’s face it, we all like a great recipe. One that’s appealing and versatile. One whose ingredients you have at hand readily. One that is not made inferior by occasional changes in proportions. Some recipes need the main ingredients only. After those, anything goes. Favorite recipes are often the ones you know will come out good every time even when you add a special touch of your own to its flavor or presentation.

In addition to using the choicest items there is also the process. For some it doesn’t matter so much in what order you add things as long as you don’t leave anything out. For others certain conditions must be met to have the desired results.

And then there are the recipes that are cherished, because they were masterfully created, written, prepared, shared and served by someone precious to your heart. And so because of that, it is an honor to them or to their memory every time you make it. And whenever you serve it to others it’s as if you are extending an honorary blessing to both the creator and the diner.

I came across a unique recipe card the other day. It originated with the most creative chef and was first published in the greatest recipe book ever. (No disrespect to the Holy Word of God intended here). It has been adapted below for the average cook.
Recipe for: Making Your Calling and Election Sure
Serves: God, Innumerable Others, Yourself
Original Cookbook: 2 Peter 1:3-11
From the kitchen of: Father God

Ingredients:
His divine power
Everything we need for life and godliness
Our knowledge of Him
His own power and glory
His great and precious promises
Your faith
Additional items listed in directions

Directions:
Mix first 5 ingredients until smoothly blended together in your container. Pour in your faith continuously. Add in goodness, knowledge, self control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love in increasing measures, as this will cause the final product to not fall. Is best when served hot, but can be served cold. (Lukewarm is not recommended). Will keep indefinitely as long as a fresh crop of faith and some or all of the additional items are poured in regularly. Has been known to satisfy the hungriest of souls and yet is definitely fit for a King!

2 Peter 1:3-11

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, ¹¹ and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am not the best cook on the block, nor do I use fancy recipes for my every day cooking. But when it comes to serving the King, I am so grateful He produced a book of time-honored recipes that He has tried and tested, and was so willing to hand down.

Gratefully HIS,

Jan