Sunday, January 5, 2014

Energy Drink


Symbol: Energy Drink

Lesson: Natural tendency for long periods of wakefulness is to grow tired. Nothing wrong with that. But when you need to stay awake, an energy boost is very helpful. Keep spiritually energized with spiritual activity.

Illustration: If you have ever worked graveyards or had to stay awake for some urgent situation, you know what a struggle it can be somewhere between 1AM and 3AM to stay awake. Your body naturally desires to sleep. Coffee or an energy drink can help in such times. But on a spiritual level, growing tired after years of faithful service (spiritual wakefulness) can be dangerous to our relationship with our creator. In such cases, what is our spiritual energy drink? Jesus himself answers that at Matthew 26:41.

Notes: Prayer is actually only one energy boost that God provides us to help us stay spiritually alert. There is also our Christian meetings, our association with fellow believers, and most of all our ministry. Put all of those together, and you will have the greatest adrenalin rush in these times we are living.

Auxiliary Scripture: 1 Thes.5:6