AUGUST 16, 2012
Plugged
In
Read: Isaiah 40:27-31
He gives power to the
weak, and to those who have no might He
increases strength. —Isaiah 40:29
My wife was working at
home on her computer recently when she
suddenly noticed her laptop battery
power was low and the computer
was about to shut down. The computer was plugged
in, though, so
it shouldn’t have been using the battery. Following the laptop
cord
to the extension cord, she finally noticed that the extension cord
was
actually plugged back into itself instead of the wall outlet! She
looked at me,
amused, and said, “There’s a devotional in there
somewhere.”
As she said it, I was
reminded of a passage of scripture on the
power of God: Isaiah 40:27-31. Isaiah
identifies the true and unending
Source of strength from which we must draw
ours—“the everlasting
God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth”
(v.28). Then he
speaks to those whose strength is ebbing, encouraging them to
wait
on the Lord to find their strength renewed (vv.29-31).
Jesus spoke of us as
branches abiding in Him as the Vine (John 15:4-5).
It’s a parallel to Isaiah’s
powerful closing, which promises that if we’re
plugged into God we will “run
and not be weary, . . . walk and not faint”
(Isa. 40:31).
When we find ourselves
weary and distressed, we need to plug into the
true Source of strength and
life.
We
are more than conquerors
Through
Him who loved us so;
The
Christ who dwells within us
Is
the greatest power we know. —Carmichael
The Creator of the
universe knows no power failure.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
