In our house we have good
connections and not so good. My phone is having connection issues. I worked and
worked on it, thinking it was the phone.
After all the work we discovered it’s the connection – the chargers –
that are worn out.
There are plug-ins that are
loose as well. Try as I might to plug the vacuum in to the den’s plug, it just
falls out. But when plugged in to another outlet, it works fine.
Those loose connections cause
consternation! You get things set up,
you go to work and the cord falls out of the connection. Slowly we are putting
in new connections around the house and I have bought a new charger for both
the house and the car.
Our lives are like those
connections. We are born again to stay connected fully and only to God. We go along, have a great time, work, play,
eat and take our hobbies to full throttle.
At first there are just little hiccups. Nothing we really have to stop
and repair or look into. But the connection gets looser and looser. Finally,
that connection is so loose that we’re unable to do the basics of everyday
life. We lose our spark. We get apathetic.
We get lethargic. We get depressed.
We just can’t do what we once could do. We blame ourselves, we blame
others, and we try to throw ourselves into some other connection. But none of
that works.
Whether the vacuum cleaner is
connected to power or not it still looks like a vacuum cleaner. The same with
the lamp, the computer, the TV. They all look fine and yet without connection
to the source of power they won’t work as they were intended. They’ll look
perfect, but they will be powerless. So too we can look fine, but a life not
connected to the Source of life will be lacking in the power needed to be a
mature believer who moves in the gifts and calling of the Lord.
Finally, we stop. We pull over
from our life of “stuff” and begin to look things over. We see this as a bad thing. We’re sidelined.
We’re powerless. We’re disconnected. We
feel alone, we feel useless and we feel things are broken for good.
God sees this as a good thing.
His greatest desire is that we stay connected fully to Him. He intercedes for us
to stay close to Him in power, prayer and peace. Finally, we begin to get it. We get alone with
God to see what’s really wrong. And God fixes us. He repairs the connection to
Himself. He restores the power, reconnects our hearts and gives us a fresh
start.
Oh beloved, plug in to the
Ultimate Source this morning – the Lord Himself. With Him comes all you need
for full power, life and godliness. Without Him you can do nothing. But when
connected to Him you will have all the wisdom, power and love you will ever
need. You will overcome adversity, you will pray with faith, you will receive
power from on High and you will gain peace and joy. It doesn’t matter if you
are weak on your own or broken and disengaged. With Him as your Source you will
be able to do all things. Not only will
you have power, but your power and faith will increase as you rely on Him to do
it all through you. You are the conduit and He is the True Power. He knows you and He bids you to connect and
reconnect daily to Him.
God loves you and He’s for you
and that’s why He’s made a way to keep you from having loose connections so
that you can walk in His power all the days of your life.
I Chronicles 11:9 And David
became more and more powerful, because the LORD of Heaven's Armies was with
him.
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said
to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so
that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Romans 15:13 I pray that God,
the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you
trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of
the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 1:11 being
strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have
great endurance and patience
John 15:5 I am the vine; you
are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this
in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His
calling, and that by His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for
goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.