"A Cake Not Turned"

Hosea 7:8 "Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned."

Imagine this... Getting up on a Saturday morning and having a strong craving for some good old fashion pancakes. I'm not talking about those pancakes that are pre-made in the bag but some soft yet crispy around the edges home made ones. Picture having your PJ's on, stirring the batter as your mouth waters. Then buttering the pan NOT spraying it with pam (ccThat's a HUGE pancake mistake)! Then dropping some batter in, however after you put the batter in than you walk away and forget its in the pan. What do you think would happen to those pancakes? Most likely they will be burnt on one side and undone on the other

Well that's exactly what Hosea is saying about Ephraim in Hosea 7:8. When I read this scripture this morning I couldn't help but think of the areas in which I'm "sanctified" in and the areas in which I'm undone. Now I completely understand the more and more you walk with the Lord the more and more he will cook the undone side however my prayer is that we would become aware of those areas we need to turn closer to the fire.

No real Christian is ok with having holiness in one area of life and reigning sin in another. After reading this passage it caused me to pray in two areas. Turn me so that I don't burn on one side and risk the chance of becoming prideful and turn me so that the undone area would cook under His holy fire.


I found a prayer by C.H. Spurgeon that I think endorses this passage well.

If it be so with me, O Lord, turn me! Turn my un-sanctified nature to the fire of Thy love and let it feel the sacred glow, and let my burnt side cool a little while I learn my own weakness and want of heat when I am removed from your heavenly flame. Let me not be found a double-minded person, but one entirely under the powerful influence of reigning grace; for I well know that if I am left like a cake unturned, and am not on both sides the subject of Your grace, I must be consumed for ever amid everlasting burnings.

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“Eyes”

Matthew 6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness”

I Read this scripture today and couldn’t help but relate to the Words Jesus is speaking. Our eyes are the entrance to our hearts and minds and, as such, they provide a doorway to our very souls. If we allow our eyes to linger on evil, we are so affected by what we see that darkness actually begins to emanate from within and can corrupt us.

If you’re a transparent man you will agree that this scripture should ring in our hearts on a consistent basis. Seriously how easy is it for our eyes to wonder? Job said “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman” (Job 31:1). How many times have you broken this covenant? We must commit to being careful where we allow our eyes to go. Truth is we guard our hearts and souls by guarding our eyes.

King David’s sin happened way before he slept with Bathsheba and way before he had Uriah killed. It actually happened when he saw Bathsheba bathing. Jesus said in Mark 9:47 “And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell”.

Prayer:

Father help us to keep our eyes on you. Living in a world that is so perverted, dark, and wicked it is so easy to take our eyes off of you. Please help us to see that you are greater and more amazing than anything else we see. Help us to keep the covenant that Job made in Job chapter 31. Let our inner man not be darkened because of the things we chose to entertain with our eyes. I pray for anyone dealing with lust & porn addiction. May our Godly men not view woman as sex symbols but rather sisters in the faith. Be pleased with where we focus our eyes which should be on your Son Jesus Christ. It’s in Jesus Christ name I pray AMEN.