BAKING POWDER VS YEAST

Both baking powder and yeast are leavens.  Yeast takes longer to work while baking powder works quickly.  If you've ever made bread, you know that after you put yeast in the dough, you must set it aside and wait for it to work.  Patience isn't my strong point.  When I want something, I want it right now.  In fact, yesterday would be even better!!!  So I prefer to use recipes that call for baking powder rather than yeast.  I like to put baking powder in my dough, then pop it into the oven immediately for quick results.  I will admit, though, that both baking powder and yeast are valid methods for preparing dough.

I suppose you're wondering, by now, what I'm driving at!  Well, I'll tell you.  Too many times we want to see "baking powder" results from our Christian witness when in reality our witness is more like "yeast".  The same thing is true in our prayer, life, too.  I'd much rather see "baking powder" results from my prayer requests than wait around for the "yeast" to bring about an answer!  I want my answers NOW, if you please.

We must remember that our Heavenly Father sees the big picture and knows whether to produce "baking powder" or "yeast" results be it in our witness or our prayer life.  There are times we must wait for our witness to work.  Sometimes it will take warmth -- the warmth of our love and concern.  We must continue to "knead the dough" several times and be willing to wait when our leaven is more like yeast than baking powder.  The same thing holds true in our prayer life.

So the next time it seems a long, long journey in our witnessing or in getting our prayers answered, let's remember that it's yeast that's working, not baking powder.

Preacher's Kid