What Really Matters?

The oil matters

Imagine baking a cake

And the recipe calls for vegetable oil.

Yet, all you have is olive.

You think, an olive is like a vegetable

So even though the directions

require one thing,

I’m hoping that this substitute will suffice.

Well, the cake comes out of the oven

And it looks delicious.

No burnt edges.

It smells scrumptious.

But when you eat it,

Consuming the contents reveals

The wretched taste.

Looks can be deceptive:

The inward contents are

Much more valuable.

So now, there is a cake on a counter

Getting stale,

But it could have been

Savored and shared.

The oil matters.

God’s anointing matters.

No matter what we look or seem like,

God knows our hearts.

So, search God’s recipe

Keep the required ingredients

So that you may be a delight

To share his light

With others.

This matters.