I enjoy asking random questions. One day, at school, I asked my students what their favorite donut was (my school is right next to a Dunkin). They all had different preferences but there was pretty much one common trait on their donuts: they all wanted some form of sprinkles. I asked them why sprinkles are so important? They didn't really know how to answer that question other than it looks cool.
Now, if my students had the option of just eating the sprinkles, I'm sure some of them would love it. But others probably wouldn't enjoy them as much. And, even if they did enjoy them by themselves, they would not want to eat them plain for long. See, sprinkles are not the bulk of the dessert. The bulk of the dessert is the ice cream, the cookies, the donut, etc. Sprinkles are just there to add color, texture, and fun to the dessert. They don't really do much other than that.
In our lives we do, and have, many things. However, in our lives if we don't do one thing, we don't have the bulk of our dessert. If we don't accept Christ as our personal savior, we don't have the sweetness of his salvation, love, and friendship; if we don't accept Christ, we are missing the most important part of our lives.
The thing is, when we don't have Christ as our personal savior, we feel like we are missing something. We are never satisfied. Then, when we accept Christ as our savior, we have many other challenges appear in our lives. These challenges may be so difficult that it seems like we are not being blessed by God. But we have a tendency to forget one thing: we have already been blessed by God through salvation. We already have the bulk of our dessert. We get to spend eternal life in heaven with Jesus. Everything else we get is just sprinkles on top.
This is why we must follow the words of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says, " Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." We will have difficulties in this life but if we have accepted Christ as our savior, we are able to face those problems in a new light. When problems come, we know we have someone who walks with us. When problems come, we know that no matter what happens to us we will have eternal life with Jesus.
Rather than looking at the sprinkles, or good things, that come and go in life we should be thankful for what we do have. We should be thankful for the salvation that Jesus has given us. We should be thankful for a God who loves us and has a plan for us.
So, do you have a tendency to forget that you have already been blessed in life? How can you be thankful for what you have each day?
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Now, if my students had the option of just eating the sprinkles, I'm sure some of them would love it. But others probably wouldn't enjoy them as much. And, even if they did enjoy them by themselves, they would not want to eat them plain for long. See, sprinkles are not the bulk of the dessert. The bulk of the dessert is the ice cream, the cookies, the donut, etc. Sprinkles are just there to add color, texture, and fun to the dessert. They don't really do much other than that.
In our lives we do, and have, many things. However, in our lives if we don't do one thing, we don't have the bulk of our dessert. If we don't accept Christ as our personal savior, we don't have the sweetness of his salvation, love, and friendship; if we don't accept Christ, we are missing the most important part of our lives.
The thing is, when we don't have Christ as our personal savior, we feel like we are missing something. We are never satisfied. Then, when we accept Christ as our savior, we have many other challenges appear in our lives. These challenges may be so difficult that it seems like we are not being blessed by God. But we have a tendency to forget one thing: we have already been blessed by God through salvation. We already have the bulk of our dessert. We get to spend eternal life in heaven with Jesus. Everything else we get is just sprinkles on top.
This is why we must follow the words of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says, " Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." We will have difficulties in this life but if we have accepted Christ as our savior, we are able to face those problems in a new light. When problems come, we know we have someone who walks with us. When problems come, we know that no matter what happens to us we will have eternal life with Jesus.
Rather than looking at the sprinkles, or good things, that come and go in life we should be thankful for what we do have. We should be thankful for the salvation that Jesus has given us. We should be thankful for a God who loves us and has a plan for us.
So, do you have a tendency to forget that you have already been blessed in life? How can you be thankful for what you have each day?
Image from here.
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