“HOW ARE YOU RUNNING?”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 493

September 22, 2020///

My question to you today is “How are you running”?

Do you need a tune-up, repair, gas, or a different kind of gas?

Do you need new tires?

Sometimes we need some or all of those in both our vehicles and our lives!

We were blessed yesterday to be able to make it to the car dealer where our car now stands to get a new transmission most likely.  It started out small and quickly got worse.

I know people who have put in gas that had gotten water in it and suffered much damage to their vehicle!

Tires out of balance or wore out will make the ride rough!

Just as there are different conditions that need to be taken care of concerning our vehicles, there are different conditions of our Spirits or life, and walk with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I may be overstating it but life without Jesus as our Savior and Lord is like a car running on square tires, skipping gears, rattling and all sorts of other maladies.

But when we receive Jesus as Savior a new life begins. We are new creatures in Christ.  The Bible tells us old things (or the old way of life) has passed away and all things become new (or different, our desires and goals are different)!

However just like a new car, our spirit needs maintenance, repair and sometimes replacing worn out things like we replace the tires on our cars.

We need a form of Spiritual gas and oil on a consistent basis. If we are out of gas or our car has no oil it does not matter whether it is valued at 2 thousand or 60 thousand dollars, it will not go anywhere.

All of that said, I ask you again, “How are you running”?

Are you just trying to make it through the day just like we were trying to make it to the dealership?

Are you bumping along on uneven or out of balance or low tires?

Are you in need of gas and does your oil need to be changed?

Are you mistakenly putting the wrong kind of gas into your mind and Spirit?

Do you have hurts, confusions and open wounds that need to be repaired?

May I tell you that none of that is what God intended when He created you and knew you even before you were conceived and sent Jesus to be the supreme sacrifice for any wrong you could ever do!!

John 10:10 (KJV)
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

There are many today who are looking for the abundant life in the sweet by and by when they see Jesus face to face.

Look carefully at that scripture.  The thief referenced is the devil who wants to destroy you. But in that one verse Jesus tells us He came to give us not just life but life abundantly now, not just in the by and by!

Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Now look carefully at the above scripture.  He will do abundant things, in us, around us, and through us, as we let His Power work in us!

That means in my analogy today that we allow Him to repair all the hurts and disappointments, the open wounds and make us whole.

That means we put the Word of God in us, which is like our Spiritual gas to flow through us with energy and strength.

That means we let the Fresh Oil of the Holy Spirit to anoint every part of our being and all we do! And we continual let Fresh Oil revive us!

We listen to the Word Preached or Taught and allow it to balance our tires that take us through each day of this life and we don’t hold on to the old (like old tires) just because that is the way it has always been or been done! We allow God to do new things!

This Creator God is still creating new and exciting things in and through and for us as we yield to Him!!

Isaiah 43:19 (KJV)
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

May we learn to sit in His presence, releasing all we are and all we are not to all He is and let Him do the repairs and maintenance in us.

Yesterday, if we had just parked our car at home it would never be fixed and ready to take us places again.  In the same way, we must allow Jesus to do what is needed in our lives so that we can go where He leads us.

Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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Father, thank you that we can come to you and you can fix us and mold us to do the things we were created to do.  Fill each person who reads this with this truth!  In Jesus Name I pray!  Amen

Love, MeMaw