“He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened” (Matthew 13:33).
A small portion is enough to do the work. There is the leaven of sin and there is the leaven of the Lord. Both begin as ideas that grow. Will you serve yourself or you will serve the Lord? The Lord will not stop until you are conformed to His image. The wicked one will do all he can to stop you. Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. Let the leaven of the Lord leaven the whole of you.
Lord, in this metaphor You give, You make it clear that I shall become completely changed by You. Guide me in the upward way so that I willingly and with joy walk the path where I am conformed to Your image. Help me nurture and cherish the faith You have given me. May it grow to fulness so that all who are given the leaven of faith may become a people who care for those around them.
Thank You Lord for the works You make possible through me. Help my will to be set on You and my strength be used for Your kingdom. You have been working on me from the beginning. Guide me now and always to humbly walk in the way You would have me go, growing as You would have me grow, until that day when I am before You face to face. Be my salvation, Jesus, to the glory of the Father. Amen.
