How Is Your Battery?

By Pat

A few weeks ago, the battery in one of our cars died. Instead of buying a new one, my husband found one we had bought a couple of years ago and had never used. It had been sitting in the garage and had been moved from one spot to another, so he thought it would just need to be charged in order to be usable. He hooked it up to a battery charger, and for several days it sat, connected to the charger, but it never regained its full power. Something inside the battery just wasn't right, and all the charging in the world wasn't going to fix it. We ended up having to buy a new battery. This whole episode made me see that, at times, I can also be like that old battery. I can charge myself daily with Bible reading, devotionals and prayer, but if there's something inside that isn't receptive to the charge, meaning my HEART, it just isn't enough. So every day, I ask God to "create in me a new heart and renew a steadfast spirit with me," as David did in Psalm 51:10. If my heart is right, I can receive my daily charge and have a much better walk with God.