"Untapped Power"

Something weird is happening. Get this...my toaster refuses to toast without being plugged into the outlet. Yeah, I know, strange, right? The same thing with our microwave. It will not micro anything until it is plugged into the outlet. Isn't that odd? It is like all of our appliances are rebelling against us. Not one of them will go to work without electricity. You may call it a mutiny or a union strike, but from where we sit it is just down right spooky. Wait! Shhh! Why is the blender starring at me like that?

Before you organize an intervention, let me make my point. We would never expect our appliances to work without being plugged into the outlet. We understand that an appliance has now power in and of itself. It must receive power from another source if it is to carry out its designed function.

Why do we accept that reality for appliances, but not for ourselves? Why do we try to live as though we can power ourselves? Why do we live as though we do not believe that we only live out our design when we are tapped into the power of the One who designed us?

This is what we do when we make time for everything in our lives but prayer. A prayer less life is like an unplugged appliance. It has much potential, but with out power it is merely taking up space. You were made to do more than take up space. God wants you to live your life plugged into his power.

James 5:13-18 invite us to tap into the power: "13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops."

I am looking for 20 people to tap into the power with me tonight at our 1st Wednesday Prayer Gathering, 7-8 PM, at LH, child care provided.