(This is a re-posting from Pastor Mark Simpson on Facebook, 1.6.12. Pastor Mark was one of Dr. Laine’s associate pastors at Faith Community in Pittsburgh. He currently heads River of Life Ministries in Bolingbrook IL, pastoring a congregation there and traveling world-wide doing missions leadership training.)
I have chargers. They are new standard equipment, it seems, in the 21st century. I have one for my laptop. For my cell phone. For my IPod. And for my digital camera (before I lost it). Also for the baby monitor. My two sons, my wife, we all have lots of them. They are plugged in everywhere, probably taking half the outlets in our house now as well as half our electric bill. They are in our cars too. We must carry them or something vital will lose power and we’ll miss that all important call or Facebook post.
These are all well and good and necessary, but I wonder if I am keeping my heart and soul and spirit charged. Or am I in the “red zone” (“Warning!” says my laptop. “In 13 minutes I will die!”) This year I intend to keep “charged” with God’s power, His Spirit, His Word my daily food, His presence. Jesus is my most important “charger” in 2012.
January 9, 2012 at 2:02 am |
Sonds good – God’s power is the only thing that is true power- and that lasts…. it keeps “going and going and going…. ”
Happy New Year!!!