Psalm 107:9 "For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."
Easter morning finally came. The day we've excitedly and expectantly waited for! What an amazing day of worship and celebration of my risen Lord! I don't know about you, but the energy was high at my church. We had three services, and people made professions of faith in Christ in each service. It was so cool to see God at work in our midst. Afterward, we hung out with some good friends for lunch and played games. Then I felt like I was about to crash. I'm one of those kind of people that will push myself with a full schedule until every minute is booked up. I love to have people over, entertain, and I don't always know when my tank is on empty until it's too late. Let's just say that my energy level on Easter Sunday evening was below the "E." Spiritually I was full from the day's events, physically, I was empty and exhausted.
Contrast that with the picture below that I took a few months ago after taking my daughter to a doctor's appointment across the other side of town. I glanced down at my gas gauge and noticed it was on empty. The light was on, and I was at least fifteen miles from home. Decision time. Do I push my limits and get the van home so my husband could fill it, or do I try to cut over through traffic to the gas station on the opposite side of the road and get home even later than planned? Chance it, I did, but fear finally took over. I ended up pulling over for gas, just a few miles away from my house. By then, the tank was below the "E" and I knew I had pushed my little van as far as I could. I really don't think I could have made it home. I was running on fumes, and quite easily, all forward motion could have stopped at any moment.
Once I got empty--really empty--all I could think about was finding what I needed to keep going. I was desperate for one thing, gas. That was all I could think about.
Sometimes , especially on days when I'm exhausted, it's easy to think that running on empty is a bad thing. But think of it in a spiritual sense, and take some time to read through Psalm 107, especially the verse for this week. Psalm 107:9 "For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."
Just like a car running out of gas, we have to empty ourselves of...ourselves. We need to be so empty we are desperate. Desperate to be filled by the Lord. Desperate to not do life on our own. Desperate for Him. Desperate for more. If you are hungry for Him, He will fill you. If you are thirsty, He promises to satisfy you. It's only when we get rid of the "me" in our life and and replace it with "Him" that we will be able to keep our engine of life running smoothly.
Let's make sure we're having a Spiritual fill-up every day..not just on the big days like Easter.
---Beth Banfill
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