I think there is a very good reason why the door to my oven has a window in it. It’s the same reason the lid for my crockpot is see through glass. When something is cooking I keep wanting to check its progress. Call it curiosity. Call it impatience. Either way, any time we lift the lid or open the door to peek at what’s cooking and how far along it is….we extend the time it will take to finish. Because we let the heat out!

The heat is what cooks the food. When we open the door before its appointed cook time is up, we delay the process and it takes longer to prepare. Even though I have a view through the glass I am still tempted every time…to open the door or lift the lid.

Oh how often we delay the process we are going through by getting impatient with God. We try to rush the process but God has a plan and a purpose…and He is refining us through the heat! 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV) reveals, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

We can’t see our whole story yet. What we see is like looking through the oven glass. We know part of it but not the finished work. God’s promise is beautiful though. Right now we just see or know part of it. Someday, face to face, we will know in full what God was making of our lives. So, no more peeking!