POWER FAILURE

9/13/10 Have you ever lost your power? Better yet, has a male member of your household ever lost power to “cable TV” on a Saturday when college football games are back to back and the Fed Ex Cup is in phase 2? This past Saturday while trying to help a neighbor, hubby was attempting to retrieve his own S video cord (those red, white and yellow audio visual thingies) to share with said neighbor. He no longer needed that cord for his Comcast connection. Oops, something went wrong. Everything on hubby's BIG screen TV went blank. He was not happy.

#1 rule of thumb is to always “check your connections!” You have to determine your power source. Are you plugged in?

I thought of that this morning when I was struggling for strength to get out of bed. Was I plugged in to my Source? I felt disconnected. I blamed fatigue and weakness from ongoing sinus infection. I needed His strength, His power and yet I felt guilty asking. Last weeks Psalm 71 said to “declare His strength to this generation and His power to all who come.” Why is it easier to ask for His power when battling cancer than when battling fatigue from sinusitis, which this morning felt equally debilitating? He gives power in all areas----just check out your concordance.

HHS Student Impact’s sign for club week, Roman 1:16, speaks of His all important power. Today, I plan to think on that power---the one for today, tomorrow and always.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.