Monday 18 April 2011

Are we ready to be the unleavened bread ?

Pessaha reminds us of the greatest sharing showed by our lord. Jesus took the unleavened bread, cut it and gave to the disciples. Here two points are worth analyzing; the unleavened bread, and the sharing of the same with others.

What are the characteristics of the unleavened bread ? It's made of flour, water, and salt. No other ingredients. Nothing is added to it to make it more tasty or luxurious. It's made in the hot mud oven.  It's the bread of the common man.

Are we ready to be an unleavened bread so that God can share you for others ? To be an unleavened bread, one should be pure in their deeds. We should not keep hatred in our minds. We should be straight forward.  We should be acceptable to the needy and poor. As the bread was made by putting in the hot mud oven, we should purify ourselves in the flame of love and compassion. As this bread is the food of the common man, we should be accessible to the common man. In other words, the needy or the poor should have access to us. They should get a feeling that we are a 'daily bread' which they can count on.

If we are the unleavened bread, then God will make use of us to share with others. He will use our qualities to help these sections of the society. As He cut the bread into pieces and gave to others, we have to share our attributes with others; our abilities to be used for the benefit of the society; our wealth to be shared with the poor. Are we ready to be the unleavened bread so that He can use to share for the needy ?

Let's submit ourselves to God to purify us to change as an unleavened bread so that He can share with others.

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