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A Dead Battery




Last year, around the end of summer, our power-mower gave up the ghost. It was getting harder and harder to start every time I wanted to use it. So, I finally gave in to buying a new one. Bless her heart, my wife Sally told me if she didn’t have to pull that difficult, old starter-cord every time she wouldn’t mind helping me mow every once in a while. She even said it might be good exercise for her. This extra help with the yard work would be welcomed I thought. I went online checking out the outrageous prices of new lawnmowers; it had been four or five years since I bought our last one. Most of the retailers; Lowes, Home Depot,  WalMart and Sears were priced about the same, still way too much for me, but if I was going to get something Sally could start easily it would have to be one of the new key-start models where she didn’t have to pull a cord, she could just turn the key, like her car, and it would start right up. I bought one of these new models.They are great!

Last week, and here we are almost at the end of winter and there hasn’t been much need for mowing since last fall, and I wanted to mow a little patch of tall winter grass around the front deck. I pulled our new, self-start mower out of storage shed, and turn the key switch to start her up…nothing! I tried again and again and there was no power, the little battery that provided the jolt of electrical power to start the mower was completely dead. It wasn’t the mower’s fault I hadn’t needed the mower or its convenient key-switch power for quite some time; well, almost four and half months! I realized I was going to have to recharge my battery before I could get started with my mowing job.

Life is like this. Sometimes, we set out to do something and we discover we have no power; our battery is dead. We need to recharge our spiritual batteries before we can get on with our daily lives. If it has been too long since we got into God’s Word (our Bible,) or enjoyed the inspiring fellowship of our Christian friends, we may not be able to get on with what we want or need to do. Our power comes from God, and when we put Him away in storage for weeks or months neglecting to include Him in our lives, not seeking His will for our lives, we discover our spiritual battery is dead! Nothing seems to work right!

I know this is true as I have experienced this low-battery and worst, dead battery situation, many times in my own life. The good news is; since I became a follower of Jesus Christ, I have learned I don’t have to rely on my own power, I can depend on God and His Holy Spirit to give me that supernatural power I need to not only start, but to finish what I want to do in life.

Like the saying goes; “there’s power, wonder-working power in the Word.” This same power-in -the -Word is available to get you going now. Recharge your spiritual battery by getting into your Bible once again, get back to going to church regularly, or studying His Word with a group of Christian friends. Get charged up, turn the key on, and “varoom” you’ll be off and running!

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