Peeling the layers.

While prepping my ingredients for the dinner I was making, God spoke to me, and I felt like I should share.

I was peeling potatoes for a chicken pot pie, and a couple of the taters were getting ready to go. They were covered in “eyes” or buds and had developed some bad spots that looked like rot. As I peeled away the skin with my peeler, I thought how odd it was that the outside could look completely spoiled while the inside was still good. Layer by layer, the bad stuff was removed and what was underneath looked like a brand-new potato.

I looked up some of the things that grow on the outside of a potato, and one of the answers I got was this. “The white bumps are actually called lenticels. Lenticels are special pores in the plant tissue that allow oxygen exchange with the outside world, allowing the potatoes to “breathe.”

Then God reminded me that we are like this. Sometimes we can feel spoiled. Sometimes we look at the outside circumstances and forget what is on the inside. Sometimes it’s our exterior environment making us go bad. But we are not bad on the inside. We weren’t ever created that way. The fungus in our lives will develop and continue to grow if we don’t recognize it and make a change. And even though you can peel away all of that ickiness to find a new clean, and well inside, it doesn’t mean that the peeling didn’t hurt or cause pain… a peeler is a sharp razor-like blade that will tare away the outside layers exposing what is underneath, but it’s necessary to clean away that in which is threatening its entirety. Some spots are easily removed, while other times, you have to dig deep into them, leaving a gash or changing the shape. If God is the farmer and sin is the rot, then the Holy Spirit is our peeler.

This was a huge takeaway for my heart, and it happened all while standing at the kitchen sink.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

Prayer: Thank you, Father, for speaking directly to my heart. Make me a new creation and purify my heart, oh Lord. Help me to spread your good news and wisdom and remove all the toxic spots in my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

By Kristen Mattus, DOTK Community Writer

18 thoughts on “Peeling the layers.”

  1. Thank you Father God for the peeling of layers of skin for Me. Thank you God 🙏 for letting me see 🙈 me and cleaning ME up and making me brand new! Hallelujah 💗 😍 Glory

  2. Well good morning father you gave me the answers to my marriage both my husband and I have spots and they are toxic thank you for showing me because we are seeking. Marriage counseling. With Jimmy Evans on. Marriage today

  3. Thank you Father God for allowing my Sis Kristen to write this devotion of peeling off the layer and cleaning me from any toxic that’s around me and give me the wisdom to move along with you Father God in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Amen 🙏🏽
    I am yours and again.
    I say in Jesus’ name Amen again Thank you

  4. Thank you Father God for allowing my Sis Kristen to write this devotion of peeling off the layer and cleaning me from any toxic that’s around me and giving me the wisdom to move along with you Father God in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Amen 🙏🏽
    I am yours and again.
    I say in Jesus’ name Amen again Thank you🙌🏽❤

  5. Thank you Father for bringing this words to me at this time. I give you all the glory and adoration belong to you. I am so grateful for all you do for me and my family

  6. God you amazing! Thank you for speaking directly to my heart. I am walking in the new. In Jesus’ name. Amen

  7. Sooooooo beautiful and well-written!
    Love it to pieces, will apply it to pieces too and passing it on now. Thank you for letting God use you.

  8. Similarly, like being on the Potter’s wheel. He who has begun a good work in me will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ’s coming. Thank you so much for this timely devotional. Blessings, Shalom and Agape 👀🙏🏽❤️📖🙏🙌🏽

  9. 🙌🙌🙌
    Amen, Amen, and Amen. When I read this devotional the first scripture verse that came to my mind was:
    “Hebrews 4:12(KJV)
    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 🛐🛐🛐❤️❤️❤️

    By Sister Kristen Mattus, DOTK Community Writer, thank you for reminding me that nothing is wasted and there is a need for preparing. I agree with the prayer. God bless🙏✝️💞

  10. Thank you Lord for peeling me through your Holy Spirit and though sometimes it’s painful to part with habits and hidden faults help me to realize what a wonderful daughter lies underneath those dross. This I ask in Jesus name amen

  11. Some people are like stains, they are only around you to bring news that changes you outside, thank GOD he is always there to cleanse you and make you new again.

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