Have you ever run out of gas? It is embarrassing, infuriating, and humbling. My first car was a 1959 VW beetle and it had no gas gage. Instead, it had a little handle on the firewall and when you started to have the engine sputter, you reached down and turned the handle and it went to reserve which was 1.5 gallons. Then you found a gas station. Not so bad, right? Well no, unless you forgot to turn the handle back to full position after you filled up. Then, the next engine sputter and you were done!
This is all well and good when it is you car but what about when it is your spirit? What about when we are running on empty spiritually? The filling station called church is only open a few hour each week so what if we are on empty on Thursday? Yes, I know, pray, but is that an answer? I think “just pray about it” is insulting. That phrase makes me want to scream “what do you think I am doing?”
Is there a better answer? I think there is. You see it is only when I run out of gas that I am forced to find another way. Scripture says in our weakness God is made strong. Is it just possible that what we each need to do is to just run out of gas? I believe that we all need to run out of spiritual gas and refuel from God. That humbling experience is God’s chance to take us over and fuel us for the long trip called life.
So let’s quit running on our own fuel and switch to the premium fuel… the spiritual fuel from God.
TMM