No Service Available Here

All of last year my cell phone did not work well at my place of employment and I would frequently go home with a drained battery. It was frustrating. This year, going back to work started out the same. However, last night I gained some insight. Alyssa and I were chatting and somehow wound up talking about our cell phones. I told her about the terrible service and the dead battery. Alyssa explained to me that my phone is looking for service; it is actually using all the energy in the battery trying to find service.

I reasoned then that it was not enough for me to turn my ringer off at work, I must shut the whole phone down when I am in that place. Only then will my battery cease to be drained and my phone able to use when I get in the right spot. I told the Lord this morning, "You must have something to teach me with this." He did.

He said it is like me. I get into some small dark area of serving myself; one no one else would even notice because it is just a little compromise, and I am unable to serve Him there. I am born again, to serve Him. How often am I frustrated and exhausted because I am trying to serve Him in self? But there is no service available here. He doesn't expect me to do anything for Him; He just wants me to obey. As my friend Chelsea recently reminded me, even a child without wisdom can obey.

Colossians Chapter 3


Thursday, August 25, 2011