"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
We've had brutally cold temperatures up here in the North this past week. Days of subzero temps and deadly windchills can be draining and deadly. On one of the coldest days of the week, my son called asking my husband for a 'jump-start' for his car because his battery had died, and the dependable battery charger, we learned, was not as dependable as we thought. After a jump-start and an appointment at our Local car dealership, the dead battery was replaced with a new one.
Reader, do you have a Dead Heart? God will give you a New Heart when you turn from your sin and turn to Him.
"And a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."
Ezekiel 36:26-28
As most of you know, I recently upgraded to a new iPhone. Checking the battery level before going to bed the other night and seeing it was still at 80%, I decided not to plug my phone into its Charger; after all, this is a brand-new phone, and I was told at the time of purchase that it had a much larger battery. Imagine my surprise, when I woke up the next morning and the icon of the battery was in red and I had a 'low battery' warning. I asked my husband how this could happen, and he explained that the activity that occurs during the night on most iPhones, like open Apps, up-dates, and WIFI searches will drain the battery. He suggested that no matter what the battery level is at night, it should be plugged in for a full, dependable charge in the morning.
Reader, are you coasting in your Christian Life? Do you think you are doing just fine right where you are? Are you living not Fully Charged, but not quite Dead?
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" Ephesians 5:18
How do we do that?
"Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." Ephesians 5:18-20
Last week's church services were cancelled due to a blizzard. Snow Days are fun when you can have a day off from school or from work but having a Snow Day from church...not so fun. It made for a very long week not being able to worship with my friends and other Believers and to hear the Preaching from God's Word. I could tell that my Spiritual Battery was draining from the lack of Fellowship.
Just like my phones nighttime activity that drains its battery, sin can creep into a Believer's life that can slowly drain our Spiritual Battery. Apathy, Critical Thinking, Laziness, irritations, lack of patience, can dull the Fruit of the Spirit if we are not connected to the correct Spiritual Source.
So, how can we as Christians, begin each day with a Full Charge? By prayer, confessing our sins, and reading God's Word. Yes, it's as simple as that.
Christian, are you Fully Charged...
Low on your Spiritual Battery...
Or are you just plain dead?
Recognize it and do something about it...
But that's just me!
"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."
Corrie Ten Boom
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