Charging the Batteries

The year was 1988, the month was March and I was on my way with three other men to the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana. It was their twenty fifth annual Pastor School; little did I know what God was about to do in my life. It was a week of meetings; in the morning, in the afternoon and then again at night. It was in one of the morning meetings that Dr. Jack Hyles stood with a cordless razor in his hand; he turned it on and it started to buzz. There was no cord and he began to teach, he said this razor will give me a close shave but after awhile it will start to run low on power then it will run out of power and then must be plugged back into the charger so that it may be recharged. He then said we are like that in our spiritual life we can run for awhile but if we don't recharge our spiritual batteries we like this razor will have no power. What a great concept! There are days in our lives for what ever reason we get up and we are running full speed and we soon realize that we fail to take time to pray and read our Bibles. We may be able to run on yesterday's power for awhile but if we keep trying to run on yesterday's power our spiritual battery will run dry. I Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, The word "lively" means living; Peter wanted his readers to know that we didn't have a dead faith but one that was very much alive.
1Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1Peter 2:4
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

1Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1Peter 4:5
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

1Peter 4:6 For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. As you and I start off our lively day we must not forget that our batteries must be charged on a daily basis; we might get by one day but if we want to have full power we must go to the charger, our Bibles and ask for power for the day through prayer. Don't let your battery go dead for we need the power that only God can give us on a daily basis. As Peter has said we have a faith that is living so therefore if it is alive it must be fed. If it's not then our faith will become weak and with all that is going on in our world today we must have a strong faith. So read your Bibles and pray everyday and you will grow, grow, and grow.