Battery Back Up

"Master, how can I, your servant, talk with you? My strength is
gone, and it is hard for me to breathe." He said, "Daniel, don't be
afraid. God loves you very much. Peace be with you.
Be strong now, be courageous." When he spoke to me,
I became stronger and said, "Master, speak, since
you have given me strength." Daniel 10:17,19

In my home we have a battery backup on our phone
system. If the power goes out, the phone will remain
on 8 hours until the power can be restored. It is a great
thing to know we have that resource in case of emergency.
It is a power source we can rely on if we keep the
batteries updated.

I often see people get so weary from the things they
are going through. . People go to God and say "God
why are you failing me? Why am I going through all this?
God where are you?"

Yet during the week, they were too busy for God.
They had time for tv, for friends, for their computers,
for their entertainment, for their hobbies, everything but God.
God was a last priority. Suddenly when trials hit they are
weary quickly, and feel overwhelmed, and blame it on God.

Yet truly, it is our fault if we don't spend time with God.
It is our fault if we do not spend time in his word to find
fresh strength, fresh hope, fresh renewal, fresh forgiveness,
fresh inspiration in God's word daily.It is the source of strength
we need as a battery backup in our spirit. We have to
refresh ourselves in his arms before we go out and
face a world that consistently drains us, pulls on us,
and often makes us weary.

How can you have strength if you never built any?
You only become weaker.

A athlete would never sit all day and say ok muscles build yourself.
He knows he actually has to do something about his body to
build strength and endurance.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Hebrews 12:1

My friends if you want to run the race with courage, you have
to feed your spirit, you have to fight the good fight of faith.
You cannot be lazy and neglect your spiritual life if you want
to be victorious and overcoming.
Run the race with endurance and hope
strengthened by the hand of the Almighty God of the Universe
with his word planted firmly in our hearts, we go forth
with confidence, hope and inner strength that comes no
other way. Seek him first.

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:29-31

Remember
Only one life will soon be past
Only what is done for Christ will last.