I was holding the plug in my hand for charging my phone and thinking it’s not much use unless I actually plug it in to the socket! Nothing is going to happen until I do, in fact the phone will just drain away. No doubt we’ve all grabbed our phone only to find it’s got no power because we forgot to charge it up!
We’re a bit like the mobile phones, not much use unless we’ve been connected to the power source by being plugged into the Word of God, plugged into God’s love and wisdom, plugged into His Holy Spirt and power. Our verse reminds us God gives us His power and strength but we have to plug into it! He is the source of our power. 😊
Jesus put it this way in John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. - a bit like an uncharged phone!
He goes on and tells us one of the benefits of being plugged in to Him John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. God knows if we’re staying closely connected to Him we’ll be asking for the right things and able to receive them. Asking for a million pounds to drop through our letterbox by tomorrow morning wont even cross our minds unless He’s told us to ask for it.😊
So this is an encouragement today for us all to perhaps ‘unplug’ from some things for a while, that may not be bad in themselves, but which maybe stop us from having enough time to plug into God’s word to charge up our spirits. Every time we read and believe a promise of God for ourselves we’re charging up.
As we begin our new week let’s not forget to stay ‘plugged in’ to our power source throughout our day and let God help us bear much fruit for Him.
Have a blessed, charged up week.😊
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