The Inverter Microwave
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★MANY people have experienced the frustration of putting food in the microwave to heat it up, only to find that when the timer goes off, the food is hot outside and still cold inside. There is a relatively new microwave on the market called the Inverter. It’s different from every other microwave. It heats from the inside out.
In this microwave, the visible effects on the outside are determined by the changes brought about internally first. See, some Christian folks look hot on the surface. Externally, everything looks spiritual, but if we could peer into the soul, we might see that things are still cold.
God is not against a hot outside. He’s not against you looking blessed, or you looking on fire for Him. He’s not against that. It’s a good thing to be blessed externally, but just not at the expense of the soul.
God wants a smoking inside that makes its way out.
The point
A microwave that heats food from the inside out is compared to authentic Christian faith, which God wants to work from the soul outward rather than looking spiritual only on the surface.