Trickle Charge

Growing up in Saskatchewan, I am no stranger to cold winters--very cold winters!  One thing that comes along with bone-chilling temperatures are dead car batteries and when a car battery is dead, it needs some help in the form of a boost.

Well, sometimes we find ourselves in a similar place in our spiritual lives too.  We can find ourselves in a place we didn't even know how we got to--despondant, unsure, frustrated, crying out to God but really not even knowing exactly what happened or why, just knowing something is not right.

When we are there we need a boost.  But I'm not talking about a quick fix, superficial make-over that is so commonly hawked in our popular culture.  Though we need a boost, I'm suggesting something a little different: not a one time supercharge, but a connection to something that will provide strength, hope and life for much longer.

In terms of battery chargers, they can be set to provide one, very powerful boost to get things started, or they can be set to "trickle charge" which is when it will provide a longer flow of energy that will not only make the battery more powerful, but it will build it up so that it performs much better overall.

As I think about it God does both for us.  He provides those major boosts when needed too, but I think we are so used to being taught that everything should happen quickly, that we lose sight of how God wants, yes wants, to be our long-term source of life.

God is also our trickle charger.

But is He really?

Psalm 145:9 addresses one question that may arise:  "Does God really care about me?"  This is His response:  "The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made."

If He made you (and He did!) then He loves you.  It's that simple.  I think that's something worth pondering. . .

The second question that might arise is this:  "Does God really have what it takes to help me for the long-haul of life?"  Here is His mind on this matter:  "Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--the Lord, who remains faithful forever." (Psalm 146: 5-6).

The Lord who remains faithful forever.

He loves you because He made you and cares for everything He made.  He is willing and able to be your source of life and strength for your whole life because it's just in His nature to do so.  You can count on it--better yet, you can count on Him!

Need a trickle charge?  You know where to go. . . .

BT