I enjoy drinking coffee, but what I don’t enjoy is cleaning out the coffee filter after the grounds have had a chance to really be soaked and packed into the smallest parts of the coffee filter.
After the hot water slowly filters through the ground up coffee beans and releases the delicious flavor of the coffee, it leaves behind the “garbage.” Those grinds that if they find their way into our coffee or into our bodies are just plain disgusting.
Just imagine what our “spiritual bodies” must look like when we don’t use His Word to provide us with discernment in what we read, think, say or do.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
(Philippians 4:6-9, NKJV)
Philippians 4:6-9 is a deep reminder that we make that decision everyday in what we allow to filter into our lives.
When I gave my life to Christ, the first thing I did was go through my purse, my house, and every area of my life throwing away and vowing to stop participating in anything that did not edify the Heavenly Father. I filtered my life just as a coffee filter, filter the water through the grounds of the coffee.
The filter is a barrier between the cup and the coffee beans.
As the hot water (our lives) pour through the coffee beans (the world), the filter (the Bible), separates out all the yucky stuff and keeps those ground up beans (t.v., books, music, culture, magazines, everyday life) from mixing in with the coffee that pours into the cup (us).
Without the filter, can you imagine what that coffee would taste like?
YUCK, a waste of coffee!
As a coffee lover, I shudder at the thought!
I know how to live for Him. I know that I have to have discernment in what I read and watch. I’m not perfect and there are times when something isn’t filtered and slips into my life. It’s those pieces of coffee grounds in my coffee. The bitter grounds that leave me smacking my lips. Certainly NOT the perfect brew; not the life He wants me to live.
I find that when I get pure coffee (His word), free of unwanted grounds, my life and my coffee sure taste good.
Our Father is our heavenly Barista. Serving up a perfectly filtered blend each and every time we arrive.
The best coffee is the coffee that has been filtered properly. The best life is the one that has been filtered with The Word. What’s in your filter?
Heavenly Father, Thank You, always, for the love and the salvation that You freely offer to all of us. I pray that in and through searching Your Word, and seeking to grow in You, that You would filter my life, my words and my heart so that I could better serve You. In Your Name I pray, Amen.
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