In this sermon, C.S. Lewis said:"The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that any of us who really chooses, shall actually survive that examination, shall find approval, shall please God. To please God...to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness...to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist delights in his work or a father in a son—it seems impossible, a weight or burden of glory which our thoughts can hardly sustain. But so it is."
As I read this, there was no doubt in my mind of its validity. But I did wonder at the extent of my part in God's happiness to which Lewis refers: "to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness..." I believe, by God's grace because it is too much to carnally comprehend, that the Creator is pleased with me...loves me. But I wonder, can I really be an ingredient in His happiness? That word is the crux of the matter. To me, ingredient infers that without it the product wouldn't be the same. For instance, a chocolate chip cookie without the ingredient of chocolate chips is no longer a chocolate chip cookie. I can't believe God NEEDS me to be happy. He is perfectly happy whether I'm in the picture or not. Then it just hit me: apart from CHRIST, I cannot please God. Apart from CHRIST, I cannot make God happy. Could it be that Christ is, in fact, the ingredient to God's divine happiness? I think that's more likely the case than me. Without Jesus, I'm just a chocolate chip.
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Can stir fry be stir fry without broccoli? Most certainly. Can stir fry be a meal without rice? Not really. Christ is the core ingredient, rice, to God's happiness, and without the core ingredient there is no happiness. But we can definitely be an ingredient, broccoli, to His happiness and not be a necessity for his happiness. Perhaps the analogy has gone too far now. :)
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