You know those people who seem to never fill up their car all the way with gas and they just seem to live on Empty?
The last few months, I have found myself filling all the way up, and then driving until I am dangerously low on gas and THEN filling up again. But the other day, I did something different, I filled up when I was only ¼ a tank full. I wasn’t empty yet, but still decided to stop and get gas. That got me thinking.
So many Christians live their life on Empty. They may be low in energy or low on time, in the same way that people who usually live on empty with their physical cars are short on money. They may not have time or energy to expend on their relationship with God, spending intimacy with Jesus, to refill the tank of their spirit.
But those very people who don’t seem to have the time and energy to encounter God are usually the ones that feel rushed, the world may be crashing down around them, and they seem to live their busy life without joy and without hope.
We may think it would cost us too much (in time, energy, affections) to maintain a relationship with God on “full.” We may think we are too short on time and energy, etc.
But here’s the truth!
We CANNOT afford to live life on empty!
When we spend time in His presence, daily, constantly, our spirits will be filled to overflowing with His peace and love and joy. We will sense Him near to us and He will guide and direct us always.
We cannot afford to live our spiritual life on empty. We must stop and fill up our tanks BEFORE we get in the danger zone… BEFORE we are “running on fumes.”
See Matthew 25 – Parable of the 10 virgins
The last few months, I have found myself filling all the way up, and then driving until I am dangerously low on gas and THEN filling up again. But the other day, I did something different, I filled up when I was only ¼ a tank full. I wasn’t empty yet, but still decided to stop and get gas. That got me thinking.
So many Christians live their life on Empty. They may be low in energy or low on time, in the same way that people who usually live on empty with their physical cars are short on money. They may not have time or energy to expend on their relationship with God, spending intimacy with Jesus, to refill the tank of their spirit.
But those very people who don’t seem to have the time and energy to encounter God are usually the ones that feel rushed, the world may be crashing down around them, and they seem to live their busy life without joy and without hope.
We may think it would cost us too much (in time, energy, affections) to maintain a relationship with God on “full.” We may think we are too short on time and energy, etc.
But here’s the truth!
We CANNOT afford to live life on empty!
When we spend time in His presence, daily, constantly, our spirits will be filled to overflowing with His peace and love and joy. We will sense Him near to us and He will guide and direct us always.
We cannot afford to live our spiritual life on empty. We must stop and fill up our tanks BEFORE we get in the danger zone… BEFORE we are “running on fumes.”
See Matthew 25 – Parable of the 10 virgins
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