ARE YOU EMPTY?

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 324

April 4, 2017

If you went to the streets to feed the homeless but had no food to hand them you would accomplish nothing.

If you visited under the bridges to distribute coats but had no coats to give out you would accomplish nothing.

If you wrote a million dollar check to a worldwide missions organization but had zero in your bank account you would accomplish nothing. (other than maybe getting arrested)

If you went into the ghettos to distribute Bibles but was empty handed you would accomplish nothing.

THE POINT: In order to give out you must have something to give.

So I ask you today, why would we think the above situations are so ridiculous and yet we try to live a Christian life and tell others about a God who Loves them and we are dry and empty in our innermost being?

We know the right words to speak but they have no life in them because we have neglected to nurture the life of God in ourselves. We have on the religious garments if you will, but as Jesus said we are like dead people, when we have let the life in us become dim or go out.

Romans 15:13 (KJV)
¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

What do you have to give to those in this world who are begging for a reason to live? What do you have to give to someone who is struggling with a deadly disease?  What do you have to give to the discouraged, lonely, frustrated and exhausted people you see every day?

There is a line in a song that keeps running through my mind. I tried to find the song but not knowing the name of it and just searching with the one line did not work.  But the line is:

“How can I serve you when my soul is empty?”

Our soul is our mind, will and emotions.  If we spend time in fellowship and worship of the Lord God Almighty, the Spirit of the living God within us will fill our minds, our wills and our emotions with His wonderful warmth and care and power.

We can then give out Joy and Peace and Godly Wisdom to others. We can then be an example in word and in deed of a savior who loves and cares for us.

Just as we cannot really know a person without spending time with them, we cannot not really know our Savior and Lord without spending time in His presences!

When we have no Joy we cannot spread Joy. When we have no peace we cannot spread Peace.  When we do not Trust and walk in Fellowship with the Lord God Almighty, we cannot point others to that Trust and Fellowship.

YOU CANNOT GIVE OUT WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE!

I challenge you to spend some time each day reading the Bible and then just sitting in the presence of the one who loves you most and allowing Him to fill you with His Love and care.  Then you can go forth into your particular duties, etc with something to share and let flow through you.

Ask!!!!! Ask God to fill you with His Spirit so that you can spread the light with your life and your words.

Psalm 16:11 (KJV)
¹¹ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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Father, thank you for your presence in our lives!  Thank you that we are not alone! Thank you that if we will just come to you and let you prepare us for our day and our way, we can walk in a way that will draw a lost and discouraged world to you.  Give each person who reads this a deep desire for you and your presence.  Thank you for your Love and Care! In Jesus name I pray! Amen

Don’t face you day and your life empty!

Love, MeMaw