The Bible is a book of words. But what is their purpose,
what is their meaning, what do they tell us? For some, the Bible is a study
into the origins of the Jewish and Christian religions; an object of academic study.
For others, the Bible is a record of God’s revelation to man; a book meant for the instruction of believers.
Jesus’ parable of the yeast and the wheat flower provides
us with image that will help us to see how the Bible becomes the living Word of
God when it is engaged as an instrument in the hands of one who prays.
Wheat flower in the hands of a baker becomes a pasty mass
of dough. Before it can rise up to a loaf of delicious bread, yeast must be
kneaded into it and then baked.
The words of the Bible, in the hands of one praying, will
rise and expand into the living Word of God when the “yeast of enlightenment” is
kneaded into it by the Holy Spirit.
More on this in the PAGE: Praying On a Passage of Scripture.
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