SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
“I
will pour out water to quench your thirst.” Isa 44:3 NLT
ARE YOU RUNNING ON EMPTY?
Julie Coleman writes: “I was headed for a writer’s
conference in Philadelphia when I realized I’d better think about stopping for
gas…Normally I’m fussy about where I stop…but as I drove the lonely stretch of
road, I began to feel desperate…any minute…I’d be stranded in 100-plus degrees
and I didn’t even have a water bottle…I drove several long miles ‘til I came to
a tiny crossroads. Four houses…and a gas station! It looked like it could be
called ‘Joe’s Gas Station and Storm Door Company’… I’d probably have turned up
my nose at it in another circumstance. But at that moment [it] was the best
thing I’d seen! Funny how our circumstances can dictate how we feel!” Running
from his enemies, David prayed, “My soul thirsts for you…in a dry…land where
there is no water…Teach me to walk in the way I should” (See Ps 143:6-7). Would
his prayer not have been different if David had been living in luxury
surrounded by servants? Not knowing where his next meal was coming from and
sleeping outside every night changed his perspective. When life goes well, we
become self-sufficient and forget God. Spiritually speaking, we run on empty
until a spark ignites an outburst. If your car’s on empty whose fault is it?
The gas station hasn’t moved! You chose to drive by without stopping! When you’re
running on empty you end up hurting those closest to you, then dealing with the
guilt that comes after a flare-up. God said, “I will pour out water to quench
your thirst.” So today pick up your Bible and refuel your soul!
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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