Don't Forget to Refuel![/caption]Example 1 - One thing that I found out when I first learned to drive was that when a car was getting ready to stop for lack of fuel, you could smell the gas fumes. I don't know about these newer cars because I never let my tank get lower than one-fourth of a tank. Before it gets that low, I head to the filling station. Running out of gas one time was a lesson that I learned well enough never to repeat. The smell of the gas was a warning, so-to-speak. I should have paid attention.
Example 2 - If you heat your home with gas, you know not to ignite anything if you smell gas. The smell of that gas is a warning to get things checked out. You won't run out of that type of gas, but you run the risk of losing your life and all that you hold dear if you don't rectify the situation. The smell of the gas is a warning. You should pay attention.
And?
We have been talking about becoming a better person in 2018 than we have been, or doing more for the Lord, or being a more positive person, etc. By now, some of you have probably determined that it is easy to say we are going to do such a thing, but then life happens. It may be little nagging things at first, but then it may escalate. And sometimes by the time that life gets finished with you, you are thankful just to be left alone. You might feel like, "I am never going to try that again. Whew! I was hit from all sides!" Anybody out there ever felt like that? Uhm, hmm-m. I may have exaggerated a bit, but you get my point.
Well, try this on for size. Don't you know that if you have been living your life in a foot-loose and care-free manner and you decide to change it for the better, that decision upsets something? Your decision upsets the adversary, and he gets busy. Busy how? On you and your life, that is how.
But
All is not lost. The little nagging things that bothered you was the fumes from your tank letting you know that you are getting low, in fact, dangerousky low. It is time to make a refueling stop, now!
Get This
The Bible says, "Desire the sincere milk of the word that you may grow thereby." (1 Peter 2:2, KJV) Have found that when I read my Bible daily, as was taught to me by my Momma and recommended to me by my Gran Gran, the happenings of life, though they may stagger me, do not take all of the wind out of my sails, so-to-speak. Find that I have enough fuel to keep me going until I can get to the meetinghouse and worship with saints in praise to my Father.
- When I read my Bible something that I have read in my daily Bible reading will come to mind, and I will be able to step on a little while longer.
- Then, too, I have found that associating and communicating with godly people helps me quite a bit. "Prayers of the righteous availeth much." (James 5:16, KJV)
- Prayer keeps me grounded and holds me fast so that the cares of life do not make me go all to pieces.
- Worship tops off my tank of gas.
The bullets mentioned above are my fuel that I run on. If I do these things as I ought, then I won't have to worry about smelling the gas fumes. I will always know that I have enough gas to get me to the filling station. So, in conclusion, don't despair. Put your time in at the filling station. You will be okay in this new year of blessings.
Tomorrow, I will walk you through a couple of my valleys and tell you a bit about how I learned to lean on HIM and to realize that GOD will make a way.
Doing What I Can, While I Can Because I Care,
Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones
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