Rising up early one morning prepared to start my day I found someone had beaten me to it. Somebody was already at work tackling the daily tasks that needed to be done. It was the power company that mysteriously showed up that morning equipped and ready to trim the necessary limbs off the trees that were growing close to the nearby power pole.
How in the world did they know that the trees needed to be trimmed? Perhaps it was the meter lady who revealed this, someone alert to the need as well as the danger of leaving it the way it was.
As Christians we need to all take on the task of being alert to the things that are growing too close to our power source Jesus Christ that can eventually be a danger to our own spiritual health. The local church, the next-door neighbor nor an angel mysteriously sent from Heaven is going to show up one morning to trim what needs to be done. They certainly can help but the task or awareness belongs to us.
Bad habits, unhealthy attitudes, selfishness, and disobedience are all limbs that grow from the wrong trees that threaten our power source. It’s up to us to pay attention, to not let these things get too far out of hand. They are things that need to be dealt with quickly and as often as it takes to keep our source of power, Jesus Christ going strong and uninterrupted in our lives.
No one likes to have their power cut off and we should feel the same about our spiritual power source in Jesus Christ. Stay alert. Recognize where your power source is and keep the lines clear and the source flowing freely. Even if it does mean that some things have to come down in order for Christ to come up in your life.
It’s our fingerprints that are on the switch that can turn Christ off or on in our lives. We have no one else to blame. It’s a bill that comes pre-paid thanks to the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. There is no disconnect notice to fear unless we allow it ourselves. Satan will do his best to camouflage what our true source of power should be and what is needed to be removed in our lives in order to get Christ to flow freely in our lives.
Copyright 2008 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
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