Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)
12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is
sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit,
between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
By the word of God we may understand either the essential
or the written word: the essential Word, that in the beginning was with God,
and was God (Jn. 1:1), the Lord Jesus Christ, and indeed what is said in this
verse is true concerning him; but most understand it of the written word, the
holy scriptures, which are the word of God.
On a recent bike trip it wasn't until I finally arrived
home that I noticed something wrong. My tires were low. They needed air. The
funny thing about bike tires is I don't remember taking air out of them. It
just went. Somewhere. Somehow. Air leaks.
My tires weren't crazy low, but low enough to know that
my efforts in peddling were not producing maximum return. Each rotation was
just a little bit harder than it would be had the tires been filled properly.
It got me thinking. Life is like a bike tire. We don't
intentionally take air out … it just leaves. And just as it's harder to peddle
with flat tires, it's not as fun to live when the air has leaked out of our
lives. We don't know where it goes or how. Life just has a way of deflating us.
Difficult conversations … hisssssss (that's the sound of air leaving your
tires!). Tough day at work … hisssssss. Overwhelmed by circumstance …
hisssssss. It happens to all of us.
So where in my life am I being re-inflated? Where am I
pausing long enough to "fill my tires"? I know for me it happens when
I drive by myself, worship music cranked. Re-filling. It happens when I take my
Bible and a journal to the beach and let God speak to me. Re-filling. It
happens to me when the stories of God at work fill my spirit. Having a coffee
with a wise and trusted friend.
What about you? Are you going through life with flat
tires? How fun is that? How much effort are you putting out in relation to the
return? What if you made a decision to pause and re-fill? Do you know your
re-filling stations? How does God fill your tires and push you onward? [Mike
Penninga, "Flat Tires?" Kelowna Gospel Fellowship blog (5-6-15)]
Lord fill our souls with Your word that we would not be
empty, but instead have a full and useful life.
No comments:
Post a Comment