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An Orange Moment: I Squeezed An Orange Today And It Made Me Cry

 

Early on Monday morning, I spent some time to extensively reflect on the blessing of food as it points us to Christ and God’s redemptive purpose for us demonstrated by the Cross. Today, my orange reminded me of this again.

I wanted to remember Jesus through partaking of the Holy Communion. I already had my crackers that I was going to use as the Body. I wanted to use orange juice as the Blood. I had an orange that I got yesterday and I just need to squeeze the juice into my cup. As I squeezed the orange, I thought about how doing that was a picture of the Body of Jesus Christ that squeezed for his blood to pour out for me. It was also a picture of how grapes are squeezed to produce their juices. The sense of God’s love just washed over me as I thought about this and I fell to the ground and cried, in gratitude.

I recently listened to a sermon by Pastor Joseph Prince about the firstborn blessing of Jacob. Isaac blessed Jacob that he would enjoy the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth (Genesis 27:28). The dew there was a picture of Christ. He’s the dew of heaven. This was reflected in the story of Gideon and the sign he asked from God.

'Gideon said to God, “If you have really chosen me to rescue Israel, as you said, then give me proof. Here—I am placing a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If in the morning the dew is only on the wool but not on the ground around it, then I will know for sure that I’m the one you have chosen to rescue Israel, as you said.” And that is exactly what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out enough dew to fill a bowl. Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be angry with me; let me speak just once more. Please let me ask you for one more sign. This time let the fleece be dry, and the ground wet.” That night God did what Gideon had asked. The next morning the fleece was dry, but dew covered the ground around it. '

Judges 6:36-40 TPT

Dew symbolizes God’s favour and anointing. (See the scriptural references in the Judges 6:37 TPT Commentary). Jesus was the wool that had the dew of heaven. When he came into the world, it was dry, much like the ground around the wool in the first sign. But on the cross, the divine exchange happened and the next day’s sign is a picture of that exchange. At the Cross, the wool was squeezed and the dew in it was transferred to the ground around it – Jesus’ favour and blessings was transferred to us – like the dew in the wool was transferred to the ground around it and the wool was dry, the next day.

So yes, as I squeezed out the juice from my orange, I thought about Jesus’s body being squeezed so that his blood would be shed for the forgiveness of my sins. Now, because my sins are forgiven, I have now received all of God’s righteousness, blessings and favour that He had.

This revelation of God’s love and the Gospel that came to me while I was squeezing my orange, is what made me cry. Tears of gratitude and joy and awe at God’s love for me. I still ate the body of the orange after squeezing out enough juice and as I ate, I thought of Jesus’s body that was broken for mine to be whole. Now, the same way I eat the body (fibre) of the orange to receive and enjoy its nutrients, it’s the same way I receive Jesus’s body for the nourishment of my spirit, soul and body. Even in the simple moments—like squeezing an orange—God’s love can overwhelm us. Have you ever had an ordinary moment become a powerful reminder of God’s love? He reveals Himself in the ordinary, making the mundane sacred. May we always see Him in the everyday moments.

 

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God is a good Father who loves you so much and wants you to be part of His family as His child. He offered His only Son, Jesus Christ, to pursue your heart and save you and bring you into the family. All you need to do is to receive His love and you can live in it and enjoy it for the rest of your life. Will you receive it? Then please say this prayer:

Father in Heaven, I thank you for loving me. Thank you for sending the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ, to save me from my sins and give me eternal life. I believe in my heart that Jesus died for my sins, He was buried and on the third day, He rose again, to make me right with you. I declare that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour. I thank you that I am now saved and I'm a member of your family. I ask that You fill me with the Holy Spirit and help me to know You more. In Jesus' name, amen. 

Welcome! 

If you said this prayer for the first time, you're now a child of God and I am excited that you are my sibling in Christ. Welcome!!! 🥳There's a whole party going on in Heaven right now, on your behalf, like the excitement over a newborn baby. Will you please reach out to me and let me bless you with a resource that will help you get started on your journey of faith? Click here to do so. I love you and can't wait to meet you.

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