Are You Missing The Main Ingredient? (NIV)

I love to bake!But sometimes the end result does not come out as planned. Maybe it’s because I didn’t follow the directions, or sometimes it’s because I left out an important ingredient.Have you ever baked a cake, cookies, or pie and didn’t realize until the end that something just wasn’t right? If so, then you probably did as I, and left out an ingredient.Each ingredient in baking serves a purpose: Flour builds structure Sugar adds sweetness Salt enhances flavor Eggs add volume Have you ever left out one of these ingredients? I have, more than once. Maybe you didn’t add as many eggs and the cake didn’t rise or left out the sugar or salt and it had no flavor or sweetness? The final result was a disaster and not good for the reason it was created—eating of course!Our life is much like a recipeGod created us to serve Him and to live eternally in Heaven with Him, and He gives us the directions on how to make this recipe. But the main ingredient is Jesus. Many of us leave out that main ing