Rechargable batteries...

Do you have an iPod? An MP3 player? It seems that everywhere you go you see people with these earphones in their ears listening to their favorite music. We live near Alfred, and the students quite often go jogging in the afternoon, and several have these iPods. Seeing people in the stores these days, it not unusual to see people with these iPods. Even more and more cars are coming with jacks so you can plug your iPod into the car radio and listen through car speakers.

I broke down and bought one last fall. I listen while exercising, often while driving, even on the bike a couple of times! I even it took it to the park and sat against a tree for while listening to my favorite music. They’re so small, it’s easy to take them anywhere!

As you probably could guess, iPods and MP3 players work on an internal battery. Most will last about 24 hours before it needs recharging. When the battery charge runs down, you have to plug it in so it can recharge the batteries. An iPod can be a great way to listen to music, but if the battery is run down, it won’t work.

We need recharging once in a while, too. In fact, we really can’t last much longer than an iPod. If we don’t get sleep every day, we won’t work right. And doing strenuous activities can wear us down even quicker, and we’ll need to rest.

But we need spiritual recharging, too. We need to get our spiritual batteries recharged from time to time. And while we might seem to be able to last quite a while between charges, we really aren’t as effective for the Lord as we could be, unless we’re recharging those batteries every day.

There is an age old saying that says that you can’t pour from an empty pitcher. As we give to others, and as we minister to others, we pour out into their lives from our life, our pitcher. And if we do it often, our pitcher becomes empty, and we can’t give anymore.

Truth is, we can only give what we receive from God to give. It is He that fills our pitcher. And it is through our time in prayer and in reading Scripture that we are filled. See the Lord with all your heart, and seek Him through prayer and Scripture reading every day, and you’re pitcher will never run dry, and your spiritual batteries will always be fresh.