A battery must be charged up to be of any use.
Solar power only works when the sun is shining on the collectors.
A car without gas is a useless lump of metal, plastic, and rubber.
A Christian will struggle to be effective without an energy source to fuel his or her faith.
Our spiritual power socket is called prayer:
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12)
Our power flows from God without interruption:
“For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.” (Psalm 71:5)
Our voltage meter will ping off the charts:
“For nothing will be impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37)
We don’t need a backup power source. God can do it all:
“ ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ ” (Lamentations 3:24)
When we think our circuits are overloaded, and we are about to short out, God will come through every time:
“Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.” (Habakkuk 1:5)
God’s power grid never collapses. He doesn’t know what a blackout is. His power flows stronger and stronger, the more we need him:
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, …to him be glory. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:21-22)
When we feel powerless, our knees are our contact points. When we kneel and begin to pray, we’ve hooked into the power source that created the Universe and can recharge our every need.
Christ’s power is waiting for us to plug in. We connect through prayer.
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