THE TEA BAG
It’s funny how life has so much teaching in it yet most
often than not we fail to see what life tries to teach us at any point in time.
Something as simple as even brushing your teeth in the morning can be a great
lesson which will help you at a point in your life.
In the evening I decided to prepare myself some tea before
going to bed, and I was amazed the lessons tea thought me.
Tea is actually a simple meal to prepare. All you need is a
cup, hot water, and a stomach to receive it. Sugar and milk are quite optional
additives.
Remove a tea bag from its box and drop it into a cup of hot
water. After a minute or two your tea is prepared. You then add sugar or milk
to taste, and there you go, tea is ready. Such a simple process to put smiles
on your face. But something struck me about this simple process.
The final stage or the purpose of a tea bag in its life time
is to be used to prepare tea, in other words the end product of a tea bag is
tea. But let’s look at the process it had to face to bring out its purpose.
First and foremost, it is picked from its box alone and
drowned in a cup full of hot water, what does this mean?
GOD said to HIS friend
Abraham that HE should separate himself from his father’s house and go where HE
the LORD will show him because it was time for him to pursue his GOD given
purpose on earth. It was time for him to be made a tea, therefore he separated
himself from family, friends and loved ones. The tea bag like Abraham is
separated from other tea bags because its time to make tea.
Secondly, it is drowned in hot water for steeping/brewing. I have
personally not being drowned in water before, but the level of pain we express
towards such on our TV screens when they
are reported shows that it’s not a nice one.
we may not be drowned
in water ,but we are drowned in various issues and problems of life. We chock
for breath beneath such problems and issues hoping to come up the surface of
such occurrences and gape for some air into our systems.
Not only is the bag drowned, but it is also taken out of its
comfort zone to a much discomforting zone all in the name of fulfilling its
purpose of tea. In its packaged box it enjoys normal room temperature, and time
with other teabags. But it is taken and drowned in a hot temperature arena
where it stays till tea is ready.
What am I saying here?
The good book says in Isaiah 46:10, GOD knows the end from
the beginning. So HE actually knows and understand your purpose, and for its manifestation
you need to be processed. Like a tea bag
our purpose on earth is to make tea, and until we go through the processes
listed above we will still remain tea bags.
Have you realized that the teabag has the ability to change
the taste and colour of the hot water it is being drowned in. yes! That is your
substance. In such difficult times, the problems and issues are supposed to
change colour and taste because of the substance you carry in you.
Another interesting part of this process is the fact that
after tea is made, that is after the real substance is obtained the residue is
taken out and thrown away. The best and needed part of you remains with you for
further future battles whereas the negative mind-sets, disregard, disrespect,
self –denials and the like are thrown away.
Living your GOD given life can be very simple like the
preparation of tea, but the processes involved is an uphill task. The good
news here is the fact that GOD is the CHEF and with you as the tea bag, you can
trust HIM to prepare a good tea for you.
so in conclusion,
Be ready to be steeped, and to be stirred to prepare a good
tea for consumption.
Thank you.
